Palworld dev reluctantly goes back to work instead of playing more Crimson Desert, after sinking dozens of hours into its open world: "I love this game"

A woman in witchy garb surrounded by crows and dead trees in Crimson Desert.

It's just under a week since Crimson Desert launched, and some players have already lost significant amounts of hours exploring Pywel. And by "some players," I mean John 'Bucky' Buckley, the head of publishing and communications at Palworld developer Pocketpair, who's been devouring the quasi-RPG from Pearl Abyss.

"Really want to stay home and just play 12 hours of Crimson Desert again but I guess I better go to work," he tweeted on March 24. "There’s [business] and Palworld to be done." Funny and frank as this is – and there are definitely many who can relate – there's more truth to it than you may think.