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[HOUSEKEEPING] OtherSpace: From MUSH to Slack
ByWesA quick video explaining the evolution of OtherSpace from the text-based MUSH to the Slack chat interface! Use Slackpass to join the saga on our Slack site!
1998: The year we started
ByWesHere’s a quick recap of what was going on in the world in 1998, when we launched OtherSpace and embarked on the adventure of JointheSAGA.com: Google founded in Menlo Park, California. Voyager 1 overtook Pioneer 10 as farthest-traveled craft. First components of the International Space Station delivered to orbit. Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Titanic won…
[APPRECIATION] Player of the Month – April 2017
ByWesCongratulations to nickpalaz0123 (also known as Razorback, Vrex, Fedya, and more) on his third(!) consecutive month as our OtherSpace Player of the Month. As a reward, he gets a $25 Amazon gift certificate! The PotM is chosen based on roleplaying activity, community engagement, retweets of OtherSpace-related links, and other social media sharing! Want to be PotM?…
Something new ahead for Jointhesaga.com
ByWesIt’s been 18 years since that first day a handful of us gathered in the Van Allen Belt Tavern on Mars for the opening scene of OtherSpace. We’ve all gotten older. I’d like to think wiser. And the world – it’s changed so much. Our game started in an era before the War on Terror,…
[BOOKSTORE WINDOW] Two Ledges #amwriting #storytelling
ByWesThe result of my fourth #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on writing prompts supplied by Craig Pittman, Colchek, and Gareth Harmer. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about an hour and a half: The Herbert drifted above the dark forest of thick green grass stalks, a fat…
One last chance to make it real
ByWesIt’s 2023, the year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of OtherSpace MUSH. It’s astonishing to think about how much the world has changed since the story began, but try this on for size. Back then: And when it came to computer games, when OtherSpace started, players mostly had single-player graphical game experiences but lots of…
