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Caty McCarthy

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As seen in: Bad End, IGN, Kotaku, VICE, Polygon, The A.V. Club, Kill Screen
works in games. previously USgamer, bad end podcast, etc. she/her.

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I'm The Pumpkin Queen of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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By Caty McCarthy 
| usgamer.net
A new update is upon us in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's another month-long one, like June's Wedding Season event. It's ringing in my favorite time of the year: Halloween. I'm a sucker for ghastly decor, fake skeletons, and an excuse to eat too much candy. Now Animal Crossing: New Horizons is enabling it further. The new fall update introduces a host of new ghoulish goods.
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Time for a Bit of a Rest

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By Caty McCarthy 
| usgamer.net
When I started in games press five years ago, I wanted to be a capital-c Critic. Back then I was just a lowly intern who doubled as a barista and part-time freelancer, yet I wanted my opinions to be the law of the land. I wanted to be seen as cool and important. A tastemaker. A curator. I was a self-deprecating loser who had an ego before I had a right to have one. I soon learned that my strengths aren't in criticism. I'm not an academic, and my insights aren't that deep.
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Coldstone's Super Mario Bros. Anniversary Goods Sound Too Sweet For Humans to Consume

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By Caty McCarthy 
| usgamer.net
Got a news tip? Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email news@usgamer.net. When I worked in downtown San Francisco in retail, on occasion I'd run down Powell Street to the local Coldstone to get myself and my coworkers ice cream. I'd get a Cake n' Shake—a horrifically sweet cake batter ice cream milkshake that I could never actually finish.
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