Month: April 2014

Super simple reboot character creation

April 14, 2014 Brody No Comments

The new character creation process for rebooted OtherSpace will be non-linear. It’s conceivable that a player can enter just one room before submitting their biography for consideration and entering the grid on Earth, if approved. Kudos to Coyote and Loki for the general idea, which is to give players less of a cattle chute and…

MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace

Tired of people using RP as a political weapon

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 Brody No Comments

When a political candidate’s favorite pastime is hunting down and killing animals with a rifle, no one bats an eye. If a candidate participated in a fraternity in college, unless something criminal happened, we really don’t care. Or maybe the candidate likes to re-enact famous battles of the U.S. Civil War? No big deal. But…

Essays, MUSHes, Non-Fiction, Online Storytelling

No more leaving things lying around

April 6, 2014 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in April 2014: Back in the 1980s, I didn’t think twice about stashing my blue Jansport book bag under a bench outside the public library while I wandered around downtown Orlando. Today, though, it’s a different world. So I can only imagine the horror that a man from Akron,…

Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sample Columns

New pose-length limit

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 Brody 3 Comments

In preparation for the launch of our newest roleplaying-outreach initiative, we’ve hardcoded a new feature into OtherSpace MUSH. From now on, all poses and lines of dialogue are limited to no longer than 140 characters. It’s in the best interest of broadening our RP accessibility that we make this move, so that we can provide…

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MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace