Free Spotify download code for the audiobook of my novel, The Halter. Let me know if you’re the one who snags it! SPOT-01KH-35ZK-JH6Y-G0FV-DJ51-5N5H2J Stay tuned next week for another freebie!
Darby McDevitt
@darbymcdevitt.bsky.social
Game Developer, Writer. Author of The Halter, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Sims 2 DS, etc. Follow for music clips, literary quotes, Assassin’s Creed trolling. darbymcdevitt.com
Kennedy fails to turn up much about the Forum online. It's Chapter 7 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 466, "There's a Smell" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4zuwPJH #readalong #bookclub
There's a Smell - "The Halter" Chapter 7 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 466"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 7 We check into a hotel and do a little research on the man behind the Forum. Scott and Anita discuss how unusual it is that Kennedy can't really fin...
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Investigating local leads over beers. It's Chapter 6 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 465, "Detective Legwork" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4y2DvO2 #readalong #bookclub
Detective Legwork - "The Halter" Chapter 6 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 465"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 6 Kennedy begins investigating leads around town. Anita is curious about some of the teased technology in the Forum, while Scott turns into a beer sn...
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Kennedy heads off to his latest case and is greeted by FBI interest. It's Chapter 5 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 464, "Vague Jurisdiction" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4hvDuvN #readalong #bookclub
Vague Jurisdiction - "The Halter" Chapter 5 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 464"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 5 Kennedy drives into the mountains and is greeted by FBI interest in his case. Scott wonders why the feds are involved, while Anita is getting suspi...
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Reprinting some of my old work… “The Absolutely True Tale of a Part-Time Supplemental Extra” darbymcdevitt.substack.com/p/the-absolu...
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From Anonymity to Celebrity in Three Rude Words
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A flashback to the day, and the woman, that changed Kennedy's life. It's Chapter 4 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 463, "Separate but Together" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/3SWpcw2 #readalong #bookclub
Separate but Together - "The Halter" Chapter 4 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 463"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 4 Kennedy reminisces about the day he met the woman who changed his life. Anita loves the weird dream sequence Kennedy experiences in SR, while Scott...
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Virtual addiction, a dying planet, and a desire to just go get a drink. It's Chapter 2 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 461, "Addictive Escapism" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/3UCaFpE #readalong #bookclub
Addictive Escapism - "The Halter" Chapter 2 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 461"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 2 Work follows Kennedy to his local watering hole, where he just wants to get his mind off of life. Scott and Anita discuss simulation addiction, and...
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Kennedy Stark finds a bloody hotel room, a crooked cop, and not everything is as it seems. It's Chapter 1 of "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Episode 460, "The Most Noir-y of Openings" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4wXuIwf #readalong #bookclub
The Most Noir-y of Openings - "The Halter" Chapter 1 | The Read-Along: A Mini Book Club For Your Ears
Episode 460"The Halter" by Darby McDevitt, Chapter 1 Kennedy Stark finds a bloody hotel room, a crooked cop, and not everything is as it seems. Anita thinks the narrator already has a distinct voice, ...
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Literally found this yesterday in an old folder on my laptop. Heartbreaking. RIP Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Hey, @mrjamesbachman.bsky.social ! Remember when you played Stede Bonnet in Black Flag and we let you sleep in Ubisoft’s basement on a blue mattress with a couple friends? I have a photo of that week!
Palma de Mallorca, Joan Miró’s studio and museum. Two urchins making the best of a hot day.
Nothing beats the smell of a pizza parlor arcade in 1988.
The podcast “The Read Along” will be doing a chapter-by-chapter discussion of my novel “The Halter.” I’m incredibly thrilled to hear this as it develops. I hope you will be too. Apple podcast link below! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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This is a nice surprise! I’ll be tuning in, you betcha!
The Read-Along@thereadalong.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe're very excited to announce our podcast's nineteenth featured novel, "The Halter" by @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social! Join us on a weekly, chapter-by-chapter analysis and discussion of this sci-fi noir, available wherever fine books can be purchased!
After some months I have found the time to start reading @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social new Book, The Halter. I can't wait to immerse myself into reading this new adventure. P.s. The sticker signed by McDevitt means so much to me, thank you Darby.
Today marks the 6-month anniversary of the release of my novel, The Halter, and I couldn’t be happier with its reception. Thanks to all my readers, past, present and future. And to Assassins Creed fans hungry for more near-future Sci-Fi simulation craziness, this is your new obsession.
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Combining the inventive worldbuilding of Philip K. Dick and the elegiac longing of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and for fans of Ready Player...
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(The article is fantastic, and you can hear Darby talk in more detail about it on the associated podcast - Episode 2 - www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...)
Darby McDevitt@darbymcdevitt.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Flawless Victory (And How to Avoid It" In honor of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's release, here's a brief essay about how I approached the writing of its main narrative, 13 years ago. darbymcdevitt.substack.com/p/flawless-v... Big thanks to @jon.inkle.co for nudging me to write this one.
"Flawless Victory (And How to Avoid It" In honor of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's release, here's a brief essay about how I approached the writing of its main narrative, 13 years ago. darbymcdevitt.substack.com/p/flawless-v... Big thanks to @jon.inkle.co for nudging me to write this one.
Flawless Victory (And How to Avoid It)
Some Thoughts on Dramatic Narratives in Linear Action-Adventure Games
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If you’re not using the pano option on your iPhone to get pictures like this, you’re wasting precious time.
“Mr. Tambourine Man” (Bob Dylan Cover) Cat Power youtu.be/yxabZ2fqAVA?...
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Drove through the Cascades, made the required pilgrimage:
The next Assassin’s Creed will be set in my twenties.
Fun fact: as a historian of the Golden Age Pirates, I was a consultant for this one, helping @ubisoft.com's team make the setting as historically accurate as possible.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoAssassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review – bootyful high seas adventure, now with 20% more swashbuckling
Happy to see the Jackdaw setting sail once again (now with 20 percent more Caroline Scott Kenway).
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoAssassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced review – bootyful high seas adventure, now with 20% more swashbuckling
Found one of my old high school posters in storage at my parents house. Near mint condition. Offers begin at 1 Million.
