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Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture. They are an Eisner Award-nominated journalist and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at The Beat, Publishers Weekly, Yes! Magazine, Polygon, and elsewhere. Samantha is the founder of Fat Forward Books, Community Voices Blog Editor at NAAFA, and a contributor to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. They graduated in 2025 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from The New School. When Samantha is not working or writing, she loves spending time with her cats, reading, and perfecting her grilled cheese recipe.

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Although I gravitate toward long, narrative games I can get lost in for hours (regardless of genre), occasionally I want to play something short, sweet, and warm. Catto’s Post Office, a new casual game from In Shambles Studio and Cult Games, fits that bill perfectly. It took me less than an hour to play through the entire story and I genuinely enjoyed every minute of it.

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