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Christopher Livingston

I thought it was a cute and casual little mining sim right up until it devoured my entire morning

A mole with a diamond and a pickaxe, with other animals watching.

Cute games: they're cute. Sometimes they're extremely cute. Once in a while they even have the word "cute" in their title, like Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim. With a name like that, I thought, it's probably just a breezy little game where you dig up gems.

And it is. At first. As an industrious little mole in Gemporium, I've just inherited a cozy home and gemshop from my dearly departed grandmole, a loving bequeathment until you note the little P.S. in the will: grandma also left you all her debt, which is exactly a million bucks. That's a lot to pay off. Better start digging!

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