STICK TO THE BOAT, is your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when LEAP FROM THE BOAT, is still better.

"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.

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

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

I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the 2025 Latinx Storytellers Conference as part of this year’s faculty! 🎟️ Tickets on sale NOW with Early Bird pricing ending on May 31. Get a $100 discount! Register at the @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social site!

“The Watershed” Mark Hollis youtu.be/XOgCwcSuz9Y?...

I know it seems a bit trivial right now but I had the pleasure of chatting with Magnus Bruun last weekend for Ancient Office Hours podcast. I did want to take a moment to celebrate the joy. We chatted about his character Cnut in The Last Kingdom and playing male Eivor in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla!

Cluster & Eno (Full album) youtu.be/XOCSkXzLRJs?...

Harry Nilsson “Jump into the Fire” youtu.be/CfjNpgZ4C5Q?...

The La’s “Feelin’” youtu.be/1bzxpWob71M?...

Roxy Music “Oh Yeah” My favorite genre of song is “songs about themselves”. youtu.be/zGftnl0KtUY?...

Congrats to the whole team on this massive achievement!

As a present to my younger brother, I gave Edward his birthday back in 2013. 🎉 Happy birthday Brendan! And Edward too!

Early version of something laid back.

Here we go again. Wonderful things coming in the next … *checks calendar* … few years. Stay tuned!

“At Duke lane a ravenous terrier choked up a sick knuckly cud on the cobblestones and lapped it with new zest.”