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“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…

I’ve kicked off an Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit, where you’re invited to pose questions about my work on OtherSpace, Knee Deep, Fallen Earth, and even my days as a journalist with The St. Petersburg Times and The Herald-Sun. Or about my childhood. Or adopting a son. Or traveling across the country with the…

This 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,…

MUSH commands come in a couple of flavors. The first are hard-coded commands that are built into the source code of PennMUSH. The second are soft-coded commands, designed by programmers working on the MUSH and generally customized for the needs of that specific MUSH. Most soft-coded commands are preceded by a plus sign (+), while hard-coded…