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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
This applies to a lot of rich powerful people, who clearly cannot understand affection, love or joy, and just try to fill the black hole where their souls should be with infinite money, and it’s never ever going to be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Waking up with a bit of extra hope this morning feels good.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A good way to start the week is to find this waiting in my mailbox. Congrats, @rdansky.bsky.social !
August 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In case you haven’t seen this, just a reminder.
February 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and if not, peace and love to you too. These are times to stay together and help each other. ❤️🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:58 PM
@theindependent.bsky.social has a different interpretation of the profile of Luigi M
December 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Lemme fix this for you @nytimes.com : Suspect in CEO shooting was a fan of Elon Musk and anti-wokeness, and praised Tucker Carlson.
Cut the videogame scare crap, the 1990s are long gone.
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Meet Cardboard. Was born on Monday at 10 am.

Congratulations again, it was a great show ❤️
November 24, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Qué ilusion poder estar en la presentación de Gêmu: Cultura Visual y Videojuego Japonés, con Marçal Mora y @vthewanderer.bsky.social
July 26, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Really happy to be in Spain to live the Eurocup Final. The energy is fantastic, and here they've set up a big screen on the beach, and the reactions to every move are huge.
July 14, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Opening keynote of Narrascope, which seems it’s been picked just for me 😍
June 22, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The new cover for Introduction to Game Analysis definitely reflects my main research interest on detectives. When the illustrator sent me the sketch, I had to say yes.
June 6, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The 3rd edition of Introduction to Game Analysis is now available! The book is now updated to reflect the importance of streaming culture and the role of AI in writing among other things. routledge.com/Introduction...
June 5, 2024 at 3:56 PM
As both an English major and a cinephile, my brain couldn't help but make this connection.
May 14, 2024 at 9:04 PM
March 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM
My hotel roomnis nice, but the channel lineup is terrible (see attached) and the TV has motion smoothing on by default and I can't change it whyyyyyyyy
November 2, 2023 at 9:06 PM
Greetings from NYC
September 29, 2023 at 5:25 PM
"Adventure with Hell" - what is Apple Arcade trying to sell me?
August 2, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Look what I found in Madrid, @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social !
July 26, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Hi! I'm Clara Fernandez-Vara, I'm faculty at the NYU Game Center, where I teach Narrative Design. I also work on commercial games, the latest being one of the writers of Saltsea Chronicles for Die Gute Fabrik.
July 5, 2023 at 5:11 PM