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[APPRECIATION] Player of the Month – May 2017 #indiegames #storytelling
ByWesCongratulations to raisin (also known as Raisa, Fluffpaw, Kam and more) on her selection as our latest OtherSpace Player of the Month. As a reward, she 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? Join us, get…
[APPRECIATION] Player of the Month – March 2017
ByWesCongratulations to nickpalaz0123 (also known as Razorback, Vrex, Fedya, and more) on his second 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…
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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…
OtherView Flashback: An Uplifting Chat With David Brin
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