Dave Kosak
@thefargo.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, and creative-at-large. Game development consultant. Previous roles: Co-founder of GameSpy, Narrative and Quest Lead for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone at Blizzard entertainment.
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Dave Kosak
@thefargo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hello BSky! I'm a #GameDev refugee from the Ex-bird site. You might be familiar with my previous work on World of Warcraft or Hearthstone. I'm most proud of the Mists of Pandaria expansion and development of the Hearthstone Dungeon Run. I also co-founded GameSpy - anyone else that old? :)
We all dream of creating games that generate issues of this caliber.
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We all dream of creating games that generate issues of this caliber.
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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"Rock Band" was the best video game experience I've ever had and I'm tired of pretending that it wasn't.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Rock Band" was the best video game experience I've ever had and I'm tired of pretending that it wasn't.
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Getting in the late autumn mood. 🦊
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Getting in the late autumn mood. 🦊
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October 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
One time I was having a spicy coffee with Howard Schultz and I said, “hey man you should add some pumpkin to this. You know, for Fall.”
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One time I was having a spicy coffee with Howard Schultz and I said, “hey man you should add some pumpkin to this. You know, for Fall.”
Yesterday morning I slept in past my cat’s breakfast time, so… he scruffed me! He firmly bit the back of my neck, dug his paws into the bed, and … pulled!
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
September 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Yesterday morning I slept in past my cat’s breakfast time, so… he scruffed me! He firmly bit the back of my neck, dug his paws into the bed, and … pulled!
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
We know that games bring people together, we know that games encourage people to act - It’s about time our leaders tapped into game design and used it to help bring about a better, more connected, more engaged world!
The Mamdani scavenger hunt event is so smart. It's like LARP lite. You get hundreds, maybe thousands, of people all together in the same place doing a fun activity around the city they love where their first common thread is support for the candidate, and then they make friends with their neighbors.
August 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We know that games bring people together, we know that games encourage people to act - It’s about time our leaders tapped into game design and used it to help bring about a better, more connected, more engaged world!
Hold on, I’m about to make an awkward and desperate plea to my insurance company.
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hold on, I’m about to make an awkward and desperate plea to my insurance company.
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The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
At Gamescom, one sentiment remained consistent: We need to make games quicker. And to do that, more and more studios are turning to AI.
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion
And at least part of that plan involves AI
www.gamesindustry.biz
August 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
I didn’t realize fractals are younger than me! I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a kid. Apparently we needed to create computer graphics to really “discover” them and that’s super cool.
August 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I didn’t realize fractals are younger than me! I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a kid. Apparently we needed to create computer graphics to really “discover” them and that’s super cool.
In this VR game you control a raccoon by making hand-puppet gestures. Super clever! At long last games are being designed around my unique skillsets.
WIP 1 - "Home Is Where The Trash Is".
This is a VR hand puppet game I'm making for Sizzling Shrimp VR Summer Jam. Turn on sound to hear me introduce the game through the raccoon!
#VR #XR #HandTracking #gamedev #IndieGameDev #Raccoon
This is a VR hand puppet game I'm making for Sizzling Shrimp VR Summer Jam. Turn on sound to hear me introduce the game through the raccoon!
#VR #XR #HandTracking #gamedev #IndieGameDev #Raccoon
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this VR game you control a raccoon by making hand-puppet gestures. Super clever! At long last games are being designed around my unique skillsets.
Yeah so now I’m like… sorting and organizing vacuum tubes? It’s some sort of deep connection with my ancestral geek past. Also, really satisfying somehow.
August 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yeah so now I’m like… sorting and organizing vacuum tubes? It’s some sort of deep connection with my ancestral geek past. Also, really satisfying somehow.
An incredible find at the old neighborhood electronics store. I talked him down to $20 for the whole case! #vacuumtubes
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An incredible find at the old neighborhood electronics store. I talked him down to $20 for the whole case! #vacuumtubes
Life can adapt to so many niches! There’s got to be alien worlds out there. We’ve got alien worlds deep in our own oceans.
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Life can adapt to so many niches! There’s got to be alien worlds out there. We’ve got alien worlds deep in our own oceans.
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i'm sorry for posting facts:
July 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
i'm sorry for posting facts:
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It's hard to overstate how much loss the game industry is experiencing right now in terms of talent, passion, and expertise.
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's hard to overstate how much loss the game industry is experiencing right now in terms of talent, passion, and expertise.
Woke from a deep sleep and thought to myself,
“Alien is just Die Hard from the perspective of the terrorists”
And now I’m broken.
“Alien is just Die Hard from the perspective of the terrorists”
And now I’m broken.
July 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Woke from a deep sleep and thought to myself,
“Alien is just Die Hard from the perspective of the terrorists”
And now I’m broken.
“Alien is just Die Hard from the perspective of the terrorists”
And now I’m broken.
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introducing the "puzzle compass," a certifiably correct and statistically proven chart of my infallible opinion
what games need added? let me know, because i am the authority on this purely objective study
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamestudies
what games need added? let me know, because i am the authority on this purely objective study
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamestudies
June 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
introducing the "puzzle compass," a certifiably correct and statistically proven chart of my infallible opinion
what games need added? let me know, because i am the authority on this purely objective study
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamestudies
what games need added? let me know, because i am the authority on this purely objective study
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamestudies
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Game design is so much about coralling uncertainty. Constructing a little pen where uncertainty can prowl around and delight onlookers but never actually escape the confines.
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Game design is so much about coralling uncertainty. Constructing a little pen where uncertainty can prowl around and delight onlookers but never actually escape the confines.
Imagine trying to debug code running on 40-year-old atomic-powered computer hardware that you SHOT into INTERSTELLAR SPACE. The Voyager probes are a triumph of ingenuity! Here’s Scott Manley with a technical breakdown of how engineers fixed the bricked spacecraft from earth:
youtu.be/p0K7u3B_8rY?...
youtu.be/p0K7u3B_8rY?...
The First Interstellar Software Update - The Insane Hack That Saved Voyager 1
YouTube video by Scott Manley
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Imagine trying to debug code running on 40-year-old atomic-powered computer hardware that you SHOT into INTERSTELLAR SPACE. The Voyager probes are a triumph of ingenuity! Here’s Scott Manley with a technical breakdown of how engineers fixed the bricked spacecraft from earth:
youtu.be/p0K7u3B_8rY?...
youtu.be/p0K7u3B_8rY?...
The archaeologist unfurled the scroll for the scholar. “And here, remarkably preserved, the oldest in-tact biblical verse. See here, in the old script: “He is risen.”
The scholar peered at the text through his loop. “You’re mistaken,” he argued. “It reads:
'He Got High.'”
The scholar peered at the text through his loop. “You’re mistaken,” he argued. “It reads:
'He Got High.'”
April 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The archaeologist unfurled the scroll for the scholar. “And here, remarkably preserved, the oldest in-tact biblical verse. See here, in the old script: “He is risen.”
The scholar peered at the text through his loop. “You’re mistaken,” he argued. “It reads:
'He Got High.'”
The scholar peered at the text through his loop. “You’re mistaken,” he argued. “It reads:
'He Got High.'”