Clara Fernandez-Vara

Clara Fernandez-Vara

@clarafv.bsky.social

NYU Game Center faculty & Narrative design & game writing at Fiction Control. Media scholar, cinephile, puzzle head, mystery wrangler. https://clarafv.com

2,190 Followers 1,880 Following 409 Posts Joined Jul 2023
14 hours ago

I'm not at #GDC, though I'd have loved to see people's pretty faces. You can find many of my NYC darlings there, however, so say hi if you meet @mjweise.bsky.social, @jesshaskins.bsky.social and any of my amazing colleagues and students from the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social because they're the best.

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14 hours ago
A seating area with chairs and couches, signs for the New York State Level, and Developed in New York throw pillows

Catching up with friends and talking business ideas for The Game Editors at ESD’s lovely New York games space (at 149 New Montgomery), where the NYU Game Center and a bunch of great NYC devs are set up. I wanna steal one of those pillows. #gdc

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1 day ago

👇🏼

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1 day ago

That's gorgeous!!!

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3 days ago

Finding a decent apartment in the Boston area is a cause for celebration indeed! Congrats! 🏅

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4 days ago

Back in the day, hint lines, guide books, and walkthroughs in magazines were part of the process. Sharing information and playing with your friends was a way to bond with others over games. Thinking that the pleasure of playing adventure games is beating them in 4 hours is a bit shortsighted.

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5 days ago
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Los Manolos - Amigos para Siempre YouTube video by LosManolosVEVO

Needed a musical pick-me-up this morning on the way to work, and this song somehow came to mind. After listening to it and looking it up, I realized the original composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Me, listening to ALB voluntarily? What is happening?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Vc...

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5 days ago

If you're in SF next week for #GDC go see @toiya.bsky.social @nessathewriter.bsky.social @mjweise.bsky.social @ashleyruhl.bsky.social @asaraviapt.bsky.social and ask them questions to learn the ropes when you start as a game writer.

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2 weeks ago
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NarraScope 2026 | Blog | Looking Back at the Conference NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

Our volunteer Hélène Lupa wrote a blog post about the history of NarraScope! Did you know NarraScope started in 2019? And in 2023 there were NarraScope Pogs? narrascope.org/blog/post/20... .

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1 week ago
Dear Francisco,
We are thrilled to announce that your talk submission has been accepted for NarraScope 2026! Here are the details for your session:
Talk Type: Standard Presentation (45 min)
Title: Going Union Part 2: How Indies Can Hire Top-Tier Talent And Not Break Their
Budget

Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at Narrascope this summer!

A sequel to my 2023 talk, I’ll be explaining the new tiered budget agreements and recounting my experiences with Rosewater and Foolish Mortals.

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1 week ago

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

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1 week ago

Lovely thread by @grundislav.games talking shop about walking cycles in adventure games.

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1 week ago

If you’re new to puzzle games, this is a terrific (and free!) starting point.

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1 week ago
Tickets on sale now! Dive in, connect with others, & fuel your passion. gdocexpo.com

GET HYPE! 🎉

Game Devs of Color Expo returns September 22-25, 2026.

✅ Submissions are now open for panels, speakers, interviews, and games.
❌ No exhibition or submission fees.
💰 Speakers are compensated and all participants are considered for a grant.

You in? Tickets: ti.to/GDoCExpo/2026

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2 weeks ago
A screenshot from Twin Peaks. An FBI agent driving in a car is saying "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. I'm entering the town of Twin Peaks" into a dictaphone.

Happy 'entering the town of Twin Peaks' day to those that celebrate 🥳

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2 weeks ago
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So many people I adore are showcasing some wild stuff on @romchip.bsky.social's annual Twitch charity stream today! If you want a lovely stream to chill to this Saturday or would like to support this titan of open source game histories please check it out! www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal

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2 weeks ago
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phil spencer collecting his final xbox paycheck

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2 weeks ago

Whaaaaaa'!? Thank you! I guess the news piece was old.

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2 weeks ago

Seems like an obvious idea, but apparently nobody had done it before. Looking forward to playing this game!

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2 weeks ago

Poking @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social because I know the 3rd number has to be The Shivah.
OMG has it been 20 years! 👵

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2 weeks ago

On Saturday at 3 PM ET I'm going to be streaming a game I haven't thoroughly played since the mid-90s -- Cosmology of Kyoto, the early game that blew Roger Ebert's mind with the possibilities of an "open world." Also you can get molten metal poured into your ass and out of your mouth! Be there.

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Countries that do not embrace AI could be left behind, says OpenAI’s George Osborne Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, says former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm

Id be okay being in a country “left behind” when others rush to fall off a cliff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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3 weeks ago

12 years later, some people's understanding of game journalism remains very poor. This is the current generation of people who care about "ethics".

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3 weeks ago

New book now coming out very soon. Next month!

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3 weeks ago

Buy this book and support a bunch of rising stars in game narrative

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3 weeks ago
ELO (un)supervised 2026 | University of Central Florida

👀 Last Call for ELO26, folks! ✨

Share your research and your digital creations with us!!

>>hosted fully online July 15-18, 2026<<

stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/

Please circulate widely 🙏

#ai #elit #dh #allthehashtags

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2 months ago

if you want to support visual novel devs:
- wishlist our games on Steam
- leave reviews / ratings for them on store platforms
- tell friends about our games
- recommend them to streamers to play
- share posts on social media
- tell a developer you enjoy their work

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3 weeks ago

Boston friends! Anna will be talking about game writing next week and you should go see her.

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3 weeks ago

eXistenZ is a movie that anyone working in games should watch. Prescient in a lot of ways, it's also a story about a woman game designer who is getting chased by men who don't like how she designs games. (Yes, really.)

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3 weeks ago

We’re looking for someone at a senior level to work with the best faculty and students in game design.* come join us!

*okay, I’m a bit biased.

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