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ByWesThis week, I happened upon a relatively new RP game-focused site called Optional Realities. I reached out and couldn’t be happier that Jeshin offered to showcase OtherSpace among the games on their connections page and allowed us a subforum in their community section. I recommend visiting their site, checking out other games in the mix,…
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Canaveral on lockdown
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MUSH Fundamentals
ByWes“MUSH” stands for “Multi-User Shared Hallucination.” Really, it’s just a silly shorthand for a type of MUD (Multi-User Dimension) that uses a specific codebase, called PennMUSH (or TinyMUSH or TinyMUX or…you get the idea), to create a special text-based platform, accessible online around-the-clock, for purposes of roleplaying. Some simple comparisons to help give a better…