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A robot made of Lego bricks and a Samsung Galaxy smartphone can solve a Rubik’s cube in a little over three seconds. That’s impressive. But it can’t do what OtherSpace players can. Although it might be able to rapidly calculate probable patterns and accurately shift the individual colored blocks of a cube into their uniform…
It’s not as if I am liable to get *more* free time by June, when the OtherSpace reboot officially happens. And yet, despite my prior statements about lack of time affecting my ability to actively participate on the MUSH and make things happen, here I am, committing myself to doing just that. So, do I…
The main news is: We’re going forward with the 26th Century reboot of OtherSpace and it’ll kick off on June 28 – the official 16th anniversary of the existence of our MUSH. So far, I’m pleased to say that we’ve had (mostly) positive feedback about the idea. I’ve heard one firm “I won’t go along”…
Based on this discussion about de-complicating OtherSpace, I got to thinking about the idea of a theme reboot. We’ve expanded on the theme, we’ve opened the multiverse, and we’ve even offered variants of the original MUSH theme set in the 2650 Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. But we’ve never, since 1998, done a…