GEM Game Review: Factory Town

I am a big fan of base building games. My earliest crush on this field (after the physical Lego bricks) was Simcity and essentially also Civilization (the first one of the series). After Railroad Tycoon I have enjoyed hours of playing Transport Tycoon, where I am currently having difficulties on how the passenger production of buildings grows much faster than the game facilitates for transportation capacity. I do not like leaving hundreds of passengers unserved on stations.

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GEM Game Review: Governor of Poker 3

As the title of the game suggests, Governor of Poker 3 (GOP3) is one game in a series of Texas Hold’em poker games. I have played one of the previous versions as well, and the concept of the game is basically the same. The player takes a role of a poker player in a game world, where at least as it appears to them, the whole world is all about Texas Hold’em. They travel from town to town, as the buy-ins and bets rise higher and higher. The goal is to become “a VIP poker star.

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