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Year: 2014

Tired of people using RP as a political weapon

Posted on April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 By Brody No Comments on Tired of people using RP as a political weapon

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…

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Essays, MUSHes, Non-Fiction, Online Storytelling

No more leaving things lying around

Posted on April 6, 2014 By Brody No Comments on No more leaving things lying around

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,…

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New pose-length limit

Posted on April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 By Brody 3 Comments on New pose-length limit

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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The chance for a living history lesson

Posted on March 29, 2014 By Brody No Comments on The chance for a living history lesson

Even today, nearly 70 years since he joined the first wave of soldiers through the surf onto the German-fortified shores of Normandy, Charles Chappell remembers. “I am getting really forgetful about a lot of things,” he said. “But I can picture today right in front of my eyes how that beach looked that day.” Born…

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