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Massively OP Podcast Episode 224: Black Desert, Bless Online, and boats

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Carlo, Bree, and Justin discuss Black Desert, Bless, Phantasy Star Online 2, E3, LOTRO, SWTOR, GW2, POE, City of Heroes, and boats.

E3 2019: Black Desert announces Great Expedition expansion and adorable Shai class

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Black Desert brought the good stuff to fan con Heidel Ball this weekend thanks to a slew of announcements about new content inbound for...

Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?

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Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Wake-up bomb.

Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies

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One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...

Black Desert has launched Star’s End, a brand-new quest zone, for PC players

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It sounds like it ought to be a cantina in a galaxy far, far away, but nope: Star's End is a major content drop...

One Shots: Larger than life

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If there is one thing that MMORPGs are able to do regularly and impressively, it is to give us a sense of massive scale....
Similar to teamwork.

Black Desert serves up better guild and attendance rewards as BDO on Xbox launches Awakening

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The team that works together stays together, and you can't work with anyone if you don't log in to start with. Black Desert Online wants...
Bless this hot mess.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 222: A good EVEning to be invaded

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Brendan joins Justin and Bree for a sponsored segment on EVE Online's upcoming expansion and Fanfest world tour, plus news from FFXIV, Dauntless, Astellia, Black Desert, and DCUO, with mailbag topics on Old School RuneScape and MMO cinematic trailers.

Massively Overthinking: What are your favorite MMO ‘chores’?

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A few months ago, The Outline ran a piece on Red Dead Redemption 2 titled I don't wanna do my video games chores, and...

Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community

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One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...

Black Desert’s Underwater Ruins expansion is live today, with Star’s End planned for June 5

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As promised, Black Desert's western PC version is under water this week, literally, thanks to the Underwater Ruins expansion that's just washed ashore as...

Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions

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Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...
Bored now.

Black Desert Online offers up a new poacher to hunt while starting a guild attendance event on Xbox One

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Who wants to go beat the snot out of a very specific poacher in Black Desert Online? The game's newest patch adds in a poacher...

Desert Oasis: How AFKing in Black Desert is more productive than you think

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You know what I enjoy doing in MMOs? Not doing anything. I fancy myself an AFK enthusiast. Finding a nice, scenic spot to park...

Black Desert teases Underwater Ruins expansion on PC, updates with Valencia expansion on Xbox One

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Aquaphobic folks would do well to avoid Black Desert's upcoming content rollout. But for everyone else, the Underwater Ruins expansion approaches on May 22nd....
eff boys get money

The Daily Grind: Does your significant other influence your MMO play?

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MOP's Carlo suggested today's Daily Grind after a chat he saw inside an MMO. "A fun convo came up in Black Desert," he said....
It's in the right spirit.

The Daily Grind: When’s the ideal daily reset for an MMORPG?

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Ready your timezone clocks, folks: MOP Black Desert columnist Carlo proposed this topic for the Daily Grind today. "I'm in Chicago right now, so I'm...

Pearl Abyss makes a deal with Kakao Games to acquire Black Desert’s South Korean publishing rights

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Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss has struck an agreement with the game's publisher, Kakao Games, to acquire the publishing rights for the South Korean...

Doom has overtaken Black Desert in today’s equestrian-centric update

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The holiday tomorrow in Europe means delayed patches for some MMOs, but not for Black Desert: You're getting your patch today. And it's a...
We know what we know.

Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?

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This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...

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