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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Surround Sound on the Go – Tritton Swarm Mobile Headset Unboxing and Review

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·May 9, 2016

The Tritton Swarm Mobile Headset boasts amazing surround sound audio for music, tv, movies and gaming. Let’s put that claim to the test.

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Girls on Games talk Twitch on CBC Radio One

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·April 30, 2016

Twitch is currently making headlines in Canada following Alexandre Taillefer's passage on Tout le monde en parle. I was invited to explain what Twitch is on CBC Radio One.

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Girls on Games featured on Sid Lee Collective

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·April 24, 2016

Nothing at Girls on Games makes us happier than seeing hard work paying off (ok, new video games and gear also makes us this happy but I digress). Our very own Ali, aka EightBitBlonde, recently landed a gig as a...

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Girls on Games on L’épée légendaire

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·April 19, 2016

Our very own Kathless was on L’épée légendaire, a podcast that loves everything geek, video game and technology. I this...

Girls on Games in the Media

Catherine Interviewing League of Legends Winners DatZit Gaming Triangle - Screenshot from RDS.ca

Girls on Games @ LAN ETS

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·April 13, 2016

This weekend is the biggest LAN party on the east coast: LAN ETS and Girls on Games will be there! What started as a humble student club at the École de technologie supérieure has grown into a full blown event with major competitions and prizes.

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Nintendo is officially on mobile with Miitomo – First Impressions and Review

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·March 31, 2016

Move over Neko Atsume, there’s a new app that’s making me compulsively look at my phone every 10 minutes and that’s Nintendo’s Miitomo.

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Girls on Games on Les jeux sont faits: Online Media x Video Game Industry

Catherine Smith-Desbiens·March 16, 2016

I had the pleasure of being a guest on Les jeux sont faits, an aptly named podcast that focuses on the gaming industry. I was invited to chat about the online video game media landscape and about Girls on Games: our story, our mission and our experiences with the industry.

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Our Games Of The Year 2015!

Leah Jewer, Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Catherine Ashley, Alicia Alexandra, Simon Marcoux and Pierre-Olivier "GrahfShiro" Jourdenais·January 19, 2016

Now, while everyone didn't play everything, you can see some strong trends running throughout this list. More importantly, these choices show just how life and our personal experience shape our gaming habits and preferences.

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