Read an excerpt of THE HALTER by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! thenerddaily.com/the-halter-b...

Today’s the day! The Halter is out, available in physical, digital, or audio book! If you read it and you like it, consider leaving a review on the platform where you purchased it. It really helps! www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Ha...

Do people use the term Hypertext anymore? It was on the lips of every academic I studied with in the late 90s, but I don't think I've heard it uttered sincerely in over 20 years.

A lovely write up of The Halter over at bookstr. bookstr.com/article/welc...

Download the free Buzz Books Spring Summer edition and read an excerpt of THE HALTER by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! www.buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/download-edi...

Your oblique strategy for the week:

Love may be a worldwide phenomenon but the word for it sure isn’t. A video in which I take a shot at saying “I love you” in every Scandinavian language (and even Greenlandic and Sámi), past and present, and review the strange history of how we say this. More detailed version: youtu.be/Pc6jEV0wxaI

❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors. 400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises. If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!

Feb 18, a special cocktail to go with my novel. This one they’re calling Friend-On-The-Rocks.

Montreal friends, I'll be hosting a book-launch for my novel, The Halter, at an incredible bookstore-cafe on St-Laurent, Joie de Livres ... Feb 18. lnkd.in/eRDjUwSX The first 30 people to pre-order the book through Joie de Livres will get a free glass of wine and some nibbles! Stop by and say hi!

Happy #BuzzBooksOfficial Day! @buzzbooksofficial.bsky.social So honored that our upcoming release, THE HALTER by Darby McDevitt (02/17) is included in this year's Official Spring/Summer Selections! Pre-order your copy of THE HALTER by (@darbymcdevitt.bsky.social) from any retailer now!

“I wish my Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies felt more relevant.”

I talked to @emolinsky.bsky.social about the process and challenge of building imaginary worlds in video games and novels. Have a listen! www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org Imaginary Worlds is a lovely podcast that covers Science Fiction and Fantasy and everything in between.

"Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues" Skip James The haunting sound of Delta blues in a minor open-tuning. youtu.be/UNftrsCMiQs?...

Portrait of Six Guys as a Young Band. Sneaky Thieves, Seattle, 2006 sneakythieves.bandcamp.com

🚨⚠️ Release Date Disclosure! ⚠️🚨 TRAILER: VIDEO EVIDENCE, see below. Please watch, assimilate and share. DESIGNATION: TR-49 GENRE: NARRATIVE DEDUCTION / AUDIO_DRAMA DATE: 21st JANUARY PLATFORMS: iOS / PC / Mac / Deck This is what we know, so far.

Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine. We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.

“Sometimes it Snows in April” Prince youtu.be/ikZgBhSMSUM?...

Happy Holidays to all! Get ready for a banger 2026! Lots of good things happening.

“Please Do Not Go” Violent Femmes youtu.be/4J5kjxdsxBA?...

#ACDay is here! Join us in the celebrations of the #AssassinsCreed franchise and community! Throughout the day we are going to share all the activities and content prepared by the community for the occasion! And don't forget our Assassin's Creed Trivia Stream later today at 8:00 pm CET!

“Waterfalls” Paul McCartney youtu.be/YbvdQBz65tM?...

❄️ ’Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Line’s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." ❄️ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. 🦌🎄 See all the animated sequences ⤵️ archive.org/details/sier... #TechHistory #retrogaming

Interested in game-writing? In early 2026 we'll be publishing a kaleidoscope: short articles by 100+ game writers - experts, freelancers, and juniors - about the craft. ~1/3 of them are in: multiple bangers, from some very famous names and games. Sign up to be notified when it's ready here:

The first review of my novel, "The Halter", from Publisher's Weekly ... and it's a treat: "McDevitt shines in his sci-fi noir debut ... a gripping and twisty mystery" Pre-order now and read it in February! www.publishersweekly.com/9798895150887

You know what you're doing today? Watching a top quality version of "The Decline of Western Civilization" on YouTube, that's what. youtu.be/gYK1NGpUZXY?...

Introduce (date) yourself with five concerts you attended. Prince The Cure Deerhoof Sleater-Kinney Prince

Made it to season 5 of “On Cinema at the Cinema” before I realized that Gregg Turkington is Neil Hamburger. 30 years of laughs suddenly collapsed into a joyous singularity.

Expelled! is 40% off in the @adventurex.bsky.social sale this week, but in case that's still too dear, you should at least take a minute to enjoy the opening theme.

Happy to announce that my debut novel, The Halter, is now available for preorder. You’ll find it at all major online outlets, but if you can pre-order it from an indie shop near you, please support your local folks instead. www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...

D’Angelo's gone?? 😩 Voodoo was one of the soundtracks to my early 20s, goddamn. R.I.P and, as ever, fuck cancer. youtu.be/8fNtipp5RLs?...

RIP to a man who made art at his own pace, in his own time. youtu.be/FzKo5twEKIw?...

"His body is vigorous. His mind is childish. His soul has been almost completely neglected."

“Springtime” Allison Russell youtu.be/EF6VjYqoBQQ?...

Little thread of talks about writing and interactive narrative I've done, so I can pin it here: First up - Sparkling Dialogue from Adventure X; how to make interactive conversations that have flow and meaning to them www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRf...

"Funtime" Iggy Pop youtu.be/DDYatCwJvCA?...

@norsebysw.bsky.social Hey Jackson! Nice to see you here.

Please enjoy this masterpiece. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXpV...

So the service that's been hosting my blog for almost 20 years is shutting down. I just ported all my content over to a new service, which is a shit way to spend the day, but at least its up and running again. Might take me a while to get all the functionality back up. www.clicknothing.com

The wee ones making new friends in Victoria.

An update, I just preordered it at the book store website, so its very easy to get, at least here in Germany :)

Found some 13 year-old notebooks, and discovered a few pages of discarded Black Flag narrative concepts. -Sages I called Seers. -The Observatory was The Reservoir, and had a very different function. Re-reading this I know why I changed it. -Assassins had the key to the Reservoir.

Cover reveal! My debut novel - "The Halter" - drops in February 2026 from Diversion Books.

Today on Ancient Office Hours, actor Magnus Bruun, (voice of male Eivor in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla), chats about the rich history/mythology of Scandinavia, playing Cnut in "The Last Kingdom”, and share some behind-the-scenes stories from working on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla!

Found a couple candid snaps from the floor of the Valhalla mo-cap shoot, back in March 2020.

Coming soon… www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...

Thirteen years ago I saw this fellow in Quebec City and decided that a character I was writing for AC4 should be distantly related to him. So that’s the lore-accurate, deeply underwhelming truth behind Olivier’s lineage.

“Income Tax Return” P’tit Belliveau youtu.be/Ri0r0_urwo8?...