Panelist, Co-founder of Girls on Games

Catherine is a Digital Designer turned Game Dev who started gaming and dabbling with computers at the tender age of 5. She since traded DOS commands for HTML/CSS and NES games for RPGs. She also has a healthy love of cooking, cartoons, movies and music.

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(Closed) Contest: Xbox Swag Bag Giveaway (Canadian Residents Only)

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·March 13, 2019

We're celebration 200 episodes of the GoGCast by giving away an Xbox Swag Kit, courtesy of Xbox Canada!

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GoGCast 200: Ah! The Memories…

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Simon Marcoux and Alicia Alexandra·March 13, 2019

Episode 200! Can you believe it? Take a stroll down memory lane with us as we share highlights from the past 4 years.

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GoGCast 199: Like and Subscribe 2019 Edition

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Alicia Alexandra and Simon Marcoux·March 4, 2019

It’s time to smash that like button, subscribe to the channel, hit that notification bell, share bits and sparks because we’re talking about some of our favourite gaming content creators!

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GoGCast 198: Growing Up Gaming – How our taste in video games change as we age

Simon Marcoux, Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens and Alicia Alexandra·February 25, 2019

We take a survey analyzing our motivations as gamers and we do so, for science!

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GoGCast 197: The Next Generation – Rumours and Predictions

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens and Alicia Alexandra·February 18, 2019

The next generation of gaming is closer than we think. We discuss the current rumours and make our predictions. Plus, we have first impressions of Far Cry New Dawn and round-up the latest Nintendo Direct.

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GoGCast 196: Apex Legends, The Division 2, Kingdom Hearts III and more

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Alicia Alexandra and Simon Marcoux·February 11, 2019

We’re back and we’re catching up on everything that happened this past two weeks including Apex Legends, The Division 2 Private Beta and more.

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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Spoilercast – GoGCast Special Episode

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Simon Marcoux and Alice Lawrence·February 4, 2019

We’re bringing you this spoiler-filled special episode of the GoGCast to discuss a game that consumed hours of our time: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

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My second farm in Stardew Valley (via Girls on Games)

GoGCast 195 – Farming Simulation Games

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Simon Marcoux and Alicia Alexandra·January 28, 2019

We enjoy a good farming simulation game here at Girls on Games and we decided to discuss what we love about the genre and break down what makes a good farming game.

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