C&C 4's Joe Kucan Interview

14 Jan 2010 at 14:23:21 by

IncGamers' Tim McDonald had the chance to hook up with Joe Kucan again recently and spent the time talking about Command & Conquer 4, Kucan's Kane role and the future of the game. Tim started by asking if they could talk a little about Command & Conquer 4...

Sure, if you like. I've heard of it.

You've heard of it! What have you heard about it?

I've heard it's going to sweep the globe. It's the next big thing in gaming, is what I hear.

Have you been playing it much?

I've been playing it today quite a bit, yeah, to tell you the truth. We've been demoing it in the back room and they needed people to fill the seats, so I went in, and I can honestly say that I am undefeated in the game so far!

So how do you feel about the game? There've been a lot of changes since the very early games, and you've been there right the whole way through, so what do you think about the way it's changed?

I think everything, in order to survive, has to adapt and evolve, and I think that it's a good idea to finally stop teasing with the storyline and to put a final end to it. I think they're very smart and understanding that the future of gaming, probably, is in internet play and online play and that this is just the first step in watching the game evolve in that direction. I think it's a pretty smart idea.

But of course, the single player is a huge focus and that is, I'm sure, what you're largely involved in, in your role as Kane.

It's actually the only thing I'm involved in! *laughs*

Are you happy with the direction that Kane's taken and the way they're finishing off Kane's story?

Well... *pauses* The problem that I had, to tell you the truth, was all the prosthetics that I had to wear for the last - I don't know know if you're familiar with the story, but it's revealed that Kane was a woman in this last ere a ,ot of qrotvs aevea ed thasthetics involved, I had the wig, the hair was glued directly to my head, I had a giant bosom with a lot of cleavage, and it was just uncomfortable. A lot of uncomfortable make-up. I kinda question the direction as well - I think a lot of players are going to be surprised that he was a woman the whole time. Was it a good idea? I'm not so sure. We'll find out when fans react, as they certainly will.

I would imagine so, with a revelation like that. On that note, how did you get the role of Kane?

*laughs* Well, there was a street fair, and I had gone up to one of the booths. You know that booth where you shoot the water into the clown's mouth, and the balloon gets bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger? There was like me, and four other guys, and they said "Ready, set, go!" and I'm spraying the water, I'm spraying the water, I'm spraying the water, and I'm giving the elbow to the other guys, and my balloon just popped first and that's how I actually won the role of Kane - at a clown balloon booth festival. *laughs*

*laughs* You won the role of Kane in a street carnival?

That's exactly it.

That's a fairly impressive way of getting such a major acting role!

That's the first time I've told that story. I've never actually come clean about it before.

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