desert oasis

Last week, I taught my freshman classes basic email etiquette. In a time of distance learning, it's an important skill to teach. We looked...

It's been a while since I checked in on Black Desert Mobile for Desert Oasis. In fact, I haven't really played it since my initial...

The introduction of Black Desert's season servers this summer was my chocolate-in-peanut-butter moment of the year. I didn't know the combination would be so...

I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I...

Last week, I wrote about how the recent tamer changes in Black Desert resulted in a write-in campaign. Ever since then, I've had game...

Back in the day, I used to really be into the ukulele. I used to play in open mics and sold them as my...

With the Heidel ball now a memory, there's much to look forward to in Black Desert Online. Along with a new class and a variety...

I would be lying if I told you that I stayed up late this weekend just so I could hear the executive producer Jae-Hee...

One of the complications of playing playing Black Desert is that it operates on UTC. Since I live in California, aka the center of...

Almost a year ago, I penned a column on grindspot etiquette in MMORPGs. Specifically, I wrote about the commonly accepted etiquette when it comes...

Guilds: one of the quintessential social features of an MMO. Along with grinding, crafting, and partying up, guilds are just one of those things...

A few weeks ago, we chatted up Pearl Abyss' lead producer Jaehee Kim about some pressing Black Desert questions. Now, I'm not one to...

I think I may be in the minority of people who enjoy being home all day. It gives that much needed time to just...

I've been playing Black Desert for quite a while, and in that time I've made a bit of cash and built up a stable...

For pretty much all of my MMO-gaming career, I avoided anything involving crafting, gathering, and cooking. If the problem can't be solved with a...

Hands down, Shadow Arena is my favorite battle royale. But just because I've written so many glowing words of accolades for the game does...

Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...

When Black Desert first released stateside back in 2016, I wasn't interested. At the time, I was deeply invested in running Guild Wars 2's fractals,...

In our preview of Black Desert's new Guardian class, one of the more surprising conversations to come out of the comments was the opinion...

Wow, that was fast. Kakao and Pearl Abyss just released the Guardian last week, and we're already gearing up for awakening her. Just take...