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Kevin Cloud, a Common card
Kevin Cloud is an American video game artist. He graduated from LSU-Shreveport in 1987 with a degree in political science.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 46
- DEF
- 17
- Power
- 63
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 63 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 10 % of WikiCards cards.
Kevin Cloud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kevin Cloud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cloud acquired his first full-time job as a ______ artist at Softdisk in 1985.
Answer
computer. Cloud acquired his first full-time job as a computer artist at Softdisk in 1985. From the Kevin Cloud article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Kevin Cloud is an American video game artist. He graduated from LSU-Shreveport in ____ with a degree in political science.
Answer
1980s. Kevin Cloud is an American video game artist. He graduated from LSU-Shreveport in 1987 with a degree in political science. From the Kevin Cloud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rutan VariViggen. Rutan VariViggen 50 · Kevin Cloud 46 · Emil Oskar Nobel 41 · Grafschaft, Rhineland 36 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Cloud acquired his first full-time job as a computer artist at Softdisk in 1985.
- 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 Wolfenstein 3D, 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.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kevin Cloud article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 46 and blocks with 17: each hit it takes is cut by 7 %.
How to get Kevin Cloud
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kevin Cloud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : QuakeCon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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