Community Interview with Cypher

[Sonic 296]

GameReplays.org recently had the chance to interview Cypher, who has been involved in the C&C Community for many years. He calls Planet CNC home, helps with moderating on the Official C&C Forums, plus he knows everything about Command & Conquer that there is to know. Here's part of the interview.

 

GameReplays: First lore question: What is Kane? He's not human, and the Scrin, in all their vast galactic knowledge, know nothing about him. Why does Tiberium suddenly change its form from C&C 2 to C&C 3? wouldn't it have been just been much easier for the Scrin to simply seed an uninhabited planet?

 

Cypher: That's not just the first question, that's first, second and third.

 

Anyway, Kane is... well, he certainly looks Human, doesn't he? I don't know what Kane is. We know he's immortal. And it's very tempting to think of him as the Cain of Genesis, the one cursed to wander the Earth forever (land of Nod), never to find rest (being immortal, maybe). Now, I'm not a big believer in Magic. I don't treat Judaism is a religion and I think that every Myth has a basis in reality. So the Shaggy God type story here seems a very nice fit - Kane got left here, as punishment, by his race. Probably humanoids, living much longer than us. Maybe a race that already met the Scrin before. Maybe a race that was able to defeat the Scrin before. Maybe... a race that caused the Scrin to start on their race for universal domination....

 

There are so many ways here to write Kane's background. And with each, so many possibilities for his motivations and ultimate goals.

You can read the full interview right here.

 

 

[CCHyper 3]

Cypher Everywhere!

[ApornasPlanet 9]

that was well intersting and all! a really nice read!

[recover 2]

Really interesting. I want a copy of that C&C Bible!

[Gben 20]

I'm going through old threads that I missed while so busy at the moment. Just read through this.

It was very interesting and disappointing at the same time.

Disappointing because too many questions involved *speculation* about why.

 

If Cypher is such an expert on the lore of the C&C universe - I would have hoped for questions that relate to verifiable facts and incidents.

Every explanation he gave was reasonable, but it simply comes down to spin doctoring. Fans should be above that.

 

When it comes to technology, it's bemusing when newer games can't achieve the effect, but understandable when it causes changes in our universe.

When it comes to fiction changing from game to game... there is no excuse for inconsistency or credible and reasonable explanations.

 

Still I enjoyed learning more about a familiar name.

It was a great article.