Joe Juba's Comments

Just started a group for The Wheel of Time fans called 'The White Tower'... Join us if you're interested in the series at all!

AshaMan3000 — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:20 GMT

Just started a group for The Wheel of Time fans called 'The White Tower'... Join us if you're interested in the series at all!

Hey, can you recommend any good RPGs you've played lately?

BRAV0 F1VE — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:59:34 GMT

Hey, can you recommend any good RPGs you've played lately?

I too have to register some criticism at your article about ME3’s DLC. You yourself said that Zaeed, despite being Day1 DLC was a natural part of the ME2 storyline, not tacked on, and I agree. But the distinction between his DLC and this one is that Zaeed was offered COMPLETELY FREE! If this Ashes DLC is anything similar, do you not see the problem with being forced to pay more money for as you said: ‘A natural part of my Mass Effect Experience’? Laying down 60 bucks and then returning home only to receive the friendly notice: “Thank you for purchasing ME3, to get the complete experience, please pay more.” Why wouldn’t someone be justifiably angry at that? I do agree with your policy of character additions; go early or not at all. But have the balls to continue making Day1 Character DLCs free like Zaeed. Making people pay for substantial story content on Day1 leaves a bad taste in people’s mouths. And your silly ‘three week fantasy’ doesn’t make any sense at all. If as you say, the resources were already being used for the DLC before the game was finished, simply devote those resources BACK into the game for three weeks so the DLC will be legitimately done those three weeks later, and we’d have a better game, or even an earlier release! Use your head!

DrSNAFU — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:49:24 GMT

I too have to register some criticism at your article about ME3’s DLC. You yourself said that Zaeed, despite being Day1 DLC was a natural part of the ME2 storyline, not tacked on, and I agree. But the distinction between his DLC and this one is that Zaeed was offered COMPLETELY FREE! If this Ashes DLC is anything similar, do you not see the problem with being forced to pay more money for as you said: ‘A natural part of my Mass Effect Experience’? Laying down 60 bucks and then returning home only to receive the friendly notice: “Thank you for purchasing ME3, to get the complete experience, please pay more.” Why wouldn’t someone be justifiably angry at that? I do agree with your policy of character additions; go early or not at all. But have the balls to continue making Day1 Character DLCs free like Zaeed. Making people pay for substantial story content on Day1 leaves a bad taste in people’s mouths. And your silly ‘three week fantasy’ doesn’t make any sense at all. If as you say, the resources were already being used for the DLC before the game was finished, simply devote those resources BACK into the game for three weeks so the DLC will be legitimately done those three weeks later, and we’d have a better game, or even an earlier release! Use your head!

I've never bothered to go to the site of the magazine I subscribe to, or even look at the author of an article, however in your case I felt extremely compelled to unleash my rage. How dare you advocate the day one DLC of ME3, it was a complete rip-off, and you're a straight brownnose to have the tenacity to insult the gaming community. Honestly, comparing it to a cheeseburger with free fries, what kind of trash metaphor is that? I enjoy the game very much, and it would've been different had it been a small fee for an extra suit of armor or something, but to charge $10 for a 15 minute mission is just absurd. That's beside the fact that while it lacks in play time, it's an essential part of the story, and if you don't throw down that 10 you're left out. The bottom line is, if they had something that was such an essential part to the story, and they were finished with it, they should have released it with the game. A writer should speak as a unified voice for the group of people that's buying what they publish, not insult them if they feel ripped off, and kiss the developer's ass. You should keep that in mind before writing your next garbage article. They were in the wrong, and so are you. I bet the only reason it even went into print was because no one bothered to read your crummy one page article before it went into print. Yours truly, Someone with a f***ing brain

numbnoone — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:27:57 GMT

I've never bothered to go to the site of the magazine I subscribe to, or even look at the author of an article, however in your case I felt extremely compelled to unleash my rage. How dare you advocate the day one DLC of ME3, it was a complete rip-off, and you're a straight brownnose to have the tenacity to insult the gaming community. Honestly, comparing it to a cheeseburger with free fries, what kind of trash metaphor is that? I enjoy the game very much, and it would've been different had it been a small fee for an extra suit of armor or something, but to charge $10 for a 15 minute mission is just absurd. That's beside the fact that while it lacks in play time, it's an essential part of the story, and if you don't throw down that 10 you're left out. The bottom line is, if they had something that was such an essential part to the story, and they were finished with it, they should have released it with the game. A writer should speak as a unified voice for the group of people that's buying what they publish, not insult them if they feel ripped off, and kiss the developer's ass. You should keep that in mind before writing your next garbage article. They were in the wrong, and so are you. I bet the only reason it even went into print was because no one bothered to read your crummy one page article before it went into print. Yours truly, Someone with a f***ing brain

xenoblade 5 questions...... I would be so embarrassed if I was Phil Kollar who thank god is gone . Here I am, a guy who doesnt know rpgs well, and I am interviewing an rpg god, asking him embarrassing questions pretending jrpg is a genre, a term that this man basically wonders why it even exists, talking to him about stereotypes "continue a trend of Japanese RPGs drawing heavily influence from MMORPG design" a trend would require more than 5 series doing this............ you have ff 12, the .hack games, this and dq IX.........that isnt a trend And if he doesnt know about save features in rpgs and decides to generalize them, he should not talk about it if you ever get a chance to speak to him again dont use the term jrpg around him. To real rpg makers its a term that doesnt hold any meaning or any significance like hes said, and its basically a non term

Stealth20k — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:18:52 GMT

xenoblade 5 questions...... I would be so embarrassed if I was Phil Kollar who thank god is gone . Here I am, a guy who doesnt know rpgs well, and I am interviewing an rpg god, asking him embarrassing questions pretending jrpg is a genre, a term that this man basically wonders why it even exists, talking to him about stereotypes "continue a trend of Japanese RPGs drawing heavily influence from MMORPG design" a trend would require more than 5 series doing this............ you have ff 12, the .hack games, this and dq IX.........that isnt a trend And if he doesnt know about save features in rpgs and decides to generalize them, he should not talk about it if you ever get a chance to speak to him again dont use the term jrpg around him. To real rpg makers its a term that doesnt hold any meaning or any significance like hes said, and its basically a non term

somebody's gonna be dancing tonight...I wonder who

freak24 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:26:32 GMT

somebody's gonna be dancing tonight...I wonder who

Just a stupid thought, seeing as how you work for Game Informer and have the name Joe, shouldn't you start referring to yourself as G.I.Joe.

TheLast1Left — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:31:09 GMT

Just a stupid thought, seeing as how you work for Game Informer and have the name Joe, shouldn't you start referring to yourself as G.I.Joe.

Think I just found your new hero image.

shooterboy23 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:07:31 GMT

Think I just found your new hero image.

This might be slow but somehow our views on all the final fantasy ranking are almost the same. I might want to move up IX one step higher. Who is your favorite character in the main series by the way?

shadrox — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:50:37 GMT

This might be slow but somehow our views on all the final fantasy ranking are almost the same. I might want to move up IX one step higher. Who is your favorite character in the main series by the way?

Who our your favorite party members in the mass effect series? mine are Mordin and Thane

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:21:52 GMT

Who our your favorite party members in the mass effect series? mine are Mordin and Thane

What do you think of Final Fantasy IX? It's by far my favorite FF. Do you think Final Fantasy will ever return to a more medieval fantasy world like that? I just cannot get invested into the extra wacky stuff.

Gumby. — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:52:50 GMT

What do you think of Final Fantasy IX? It's by far my favorite FF. Do you think Final Fantasy will ever return to a more medieval fantasy world like that? I just cannot get invested into the extra wacky stuff.

Thank God someone of influence is as pissed off about the character importer as I am. None of my friends understand my plight but then again, they used the default Shep to begin with. I didn't take a side on the Day 1 DLC, Vega-hating, or multiplayer inclusion for the game but when you mess with my 5-year old Shepard face data, that jumps right into self-righteous anger.

UbiquitousBadGuy — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:26:55 GMT

Thank God someone of influence is as pissed off about the character importer as I am. None of my friends understand my plight but then again, they used the default Shep to begin with. I didn't take a side on the Day 1 DLC, Vega-hating, or multiplayer inclusion for the game but when you mess with my 5-year old Shepard face data, that jumps right into self-righteous anger.

Oh, also, just a comment on your favorite and least favorite guides. NO GUIDE... I'm gonna repeat this...NO GUIDE is worse in my experience than Prima's Brutal Legend strategy guide. Not only is there some info that's just plain missing from the guide (such as the locations of a lot of items on their included "complete" collectibles map), the whole thing reads like a novelization of the game. I'm pretty sure the author thought he was hired just to retell the story of the game in guide form. Look it up. It's laughable if you didn't spend money on it.

Doc Zombie PhD — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:44:53 GMT

Oh, also, just a comment on your favorite and least favorite guides. NO GUIDE... I'm gonna repeat this...NO GUIDE is worse in my experience than Prima's Brutal Legend strategy guide. Not only is there some info that's just plain missing from the guide (such as the locations of a lot of items on their included "complete" collectibles map), the whole thing reads like a novelization of the game. I'm pretty sure the author thought he was hired just to retell the story of the game in guide form. Look it up. It's laughable if you didn't spend money on it.

You mentioned in your blog that you could potentially get all the achievements in Mass Effect 2 in one playthrough. I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. Don't you have to beat it to unlock Insane mode?

Doc Zombie PhD — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:02:17 GMT

You mentioned in your blog that you could potentially get all the achievements in Mass Effect 2 in one playthrough. I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. Don't you have to beat it to unlock Insane mode?

If I enjoyed dragon age do you think I would enjoy baldurs gate, I am a huge bioware fan and want to play more of their games other then mass effect and dragon age

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:16:25 GMT

If I enjoyed dragon age do you think I would enjoy baldurs gate, I am a huge bioware fan and want to play more of their games other then mass effect and dragon age

Hey Joe, I got a joke for ya. Q. How did the cannibal break up with his girlffriend? A. He dumped her.

cody_154 — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:47:07 GMT

Hey Joe, I got a joke for ya. Q. How did the cannibal break up with his girlffriend? A. He dumped her.

HEy Joe, wondering if Final Fantasy Nostalgia is biting your behind as of late? Been trying to complete FFXIII and while i am enjoying it...the magic i use to feel when playing FF is kinda missing >.

Nickywhat — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:12:45 GMT

HEy Joe, wondering if Final Fantasy Nostalgia is biting your behind as of late? Been trying to complete FFXIII and while i am enjoying it...the magic i use to feel when playing FF is kinda missing >.

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hyrulezombie77 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:18:06 GMT

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The Subaru is Suba fun!

ArcadeFire — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:07:41 GMT

The Subaru is Suba fun!

...Your twitter should be GiJoe instead of Jeff's being gijeff. It would be funny.

wayoverdue — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:50 GMT

...Your twitter should be GiJoe instead of Jeff's being gijeff. It would be funny.