Category: MUSHes

Getting a hook into Bob Busby

April 24, 2014April 24, 2014 Brody No Comments

At first, I worried about Bob Busby. I didn’t think he’d last. I’d portrayed him twice, first in a TED-like talk posted here on the OtherSpace blog and then in a real-time roleplaying scene. And I wasn’t quite getting into him. He felt quirky and odd for the sake of being quirky and odd, little…

MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace

Misgivings

April 23, 2014 Brody No Comments

Busby walks into the lounge and makes his way to one of the “launch couch” tables, which he slides into before draping his left arm over the cushioned back support and adjusting the blue-lensed sunglasses perched on his nose. Jensen meanwhile is sitting at the bar with a half-drunk beer sitting next to a PDA…

Harshed Glow

April 20, 2014 Brody No Comments

Here’s the first official roleplaying scene from the new Earth grid featuring Busby, the CEO of Spark, and Rodger Harrison, a corporate security officer: Standing near the Research Wing of the East Rotunda is a larger gentleman. Given his bulk, sunglasses, and the presence of an empty holster, it’s hard not to guess that he’s…

IF/IT Talk – April 19, 2550: Bob Busby

April 19, 2014 Brody No Comments

The holographic image resolves into that of a man with shaggy blonde hair, wearing a tweed jacket over a Hawaiian floral print shirt. The INNOVATIONS FOR THE FUTURE/INNOVATIONS FOR TODAY logo glows red on the backdrop as Bob Busby, CEO of Spark, paces on the matte black stage. “Answer a question for me, people. It’s a…

MUSHes, Online Storytelling, OtherSpace