Kevin Cloud
American video game artist and co-owner of id Software
Kevin Cloud is an American video game artist. He graduated from LSU-Shreveport in 1987 with a degree in political science. He was hired by id Software on March 10, 1992 to work as an assistant artist to lead artist Adrian Carmack, where he remained to work on popular computer games such as Doom and Quake, climbing the ranks of the company. Prior to his career at id, he was employed by Softdisk as an editorial director, where several other id founders worked. During that time he also worked as an illustrator for Softdisk's Commodore 64 disk magazine Loadstar. Cloud was an artist and co-owner of id Software, and continues to work there as a senior producer after the ZeniMax Media merger in 2009.
- franchise
- Duke Nukem
- role
- Supporting character
- affiliation
- Human / civilian context within the game world
- series
- Duke Nukem (multi-title franchise)
Lore & Background
Kevin Cloud is a real person, not a fictional character. He worked at id Software on Doom and Quake. The source does not mention any involvement with the Duke Nukem franchise.
In Their Own Story
The corridor smells like burnt circuitry and cheap coffee. Kevin Cloud stands by a flickering terminal, arms crossed, watching the ceiling tiles rattle as something enormous shifts three floors up. He doesn't run. He never runs. He just types a line into the terminal—something about a containment breach, a frequency, a name—and then steps aside as the door at the far end of the hall blows inward with a sound like a thunderclap in a small room. He glances back once. The corridor is already filling with smoke. He goes to get a second coffee.
Reader's Guide
The source does not provide any guide information about Kevin Cloud.
Did You Know?
- Kevin Cloud graduated from LSU-Shreveport in 1987 with a degree in political science.
- He was hired by id Software on March 10, 1992 as an assistant artist to Adrian Carmack.
- Cloud worked on Doom and Quake at id Software.
- He was an artist and co-owner of id Software, and continues to work there after the ZeniMax Media merger in 2009.
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