[SCIENCE] Booze-spewing comet!
Have you heard the one about the drunken comet? http://www.cnet.com/news/comet-lovejoy-throws-a-booze-up-in-space
Have you heard the one about the drunken comet? http://www.cnet.com/news/comet-lovejoy-throws-a-booze-up-in-space
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,…
I’ve started a new community site at otherspace.enjin.com. Going forward, it’s where our forums, thematic information, and – perhaps most importantly – a big chunk of RP activities are planned.
Zork was my gateway drug. Using a relatively basic command parser, this text-only computer adventure game by Infocom allowed a single player to explore a grid of rooms, solving puzzles and gathering treasure, all the while trying to avoid being devoured by a grue in dark chambers. I had no idea when I first played Zork, back…
A Fallen Hope: The event that kicked off Star Wars: Reach of the Empire… Cantina <Mos Eisley: Tattooine> As you step down into this dark, smoke-filled room, the first thing you notice is the wide variety of alien races represented by the bar patrons. The Cantina is usually a crowded place, its business fueled by…
As with any evolving community or society, JTS has certain expectations for how players act toward each other and toward the staff, as well as how things work within the parameters of the MUSH. Here are a few tips: Write poses in present-tense. Our project assumes actions happening (generally) in real-time. Work within a scene’s established pose…
“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…