When the MUSH got its start nearly 16 years ago, it was as if I’d dropped players into the middle of a novel in progress. Yes, their characters were new and no one had previously collaborated on real-time scenes in this setting, but the universe that they helped bring to life already had a lived-in…
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Paul Levinson, professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York, is an award-winning science fiction writer of novels including The Silk Code, Borrowed Tides, and The Consciousness Plague. He’s also an online education pioneer, a podcaster, and former president of the SFWA. Levinson recently took the time to answer some questions:…
Two important changes are coming to resource nodes that provide crafting resources on the MUSH. First, when you craft Raw Aluminum from an Aluminum Node, for example, it will generate a total of three units of Raw Aluminum and consume the node. Second, Aluminum Nodes – and all other resource nodes – will be craftable…
When Nall spices and Jordan’s 13-Alarm Ungstiri Chili meet, the result is a dream of bizarre proportions for Orandius Jaxx, Emissary Head of the Mystics… From the familiar confines of the Fool’s Pride bunk module and a deep, uneasy sleep, Jaxx suddenly finds himself rudely awakened in: Hog Heaven A swirling, rather nebulous region, where…
Origin stories Simply put, humans can come from just about anywhere in the OtherSpace universe. The cradle of human civilization is obviously Sol System, but in the decades since humans got hold of faster-than-light technology, they’ve found their way to every corner of the Orion Arm. Likely homeworlds could include: But it’s also possible that…
Just wanted to thank the folks who RPed with Panderyn (and Albert the station AI) during the Extra Life marathon. Specifically: Maxwell, Reynaldus, Tilsworth, Kinako, and Maurice. I had fun and I hope you did too! Plus, we raised $880 for kids at Duke Children’s Hospital. Huzzah! Donations are accepted until Dec. 31, BTW!
