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'''id Software''' is a game developer founded on February 1, 1991 based in Mesquite, Texas, and as of June 2009, is a subsidiary of [[Wikipedia:ZeniMax Media|ZeniMax Media]]. They are the authors of [[Doom]] and [[Doom II]], as well as numerous other well-known titles such as the [[Quake]] series of games, [[Wolfenstein 3D]], and [[Wikipedia:Commander Keen|Commander Keen]]. "id" is pronounced as a single syllable, described by the company as "the primal section of the human psyche" which in [[Wikipedia:Ego%2C_Superego_and_Id|Freudian psychology]] is responsible for instinctual and primitive impulses. It is sometimes pronounced like "I.D.," although this is incorrect.<ref>[http://www.idsoftware.com/business/ id Software: Business]</ref>
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'''id Software''' is a game developer founded on February 1, 1991 based in Mesquite, Texas, and as of June 2009, is a subsidiary of [[ZeniMax Media]]. They are the authors of [[Doom]] and [[Doom II]], as well as numerous other well-known titles such as the [[Quake]] series of games, [[Wolfenstein 3D]], and [[Wikipedia:Commander Keen|Commander Keen]]. "id" is pronounced as a single syllable, described by the company as "the primal section of the human psyche" which in [[Wikipedia:Ego%2C_Superego_and_Id|Freudian psychology]] is responsible for instinctual and primitive impulses. It is sometimes pronounced like "I.D.," although this is incorrect.<ref>[http://www.idsoftware.com/business/ id Software: Business]</ref>
  
 
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People who work or who have worked at id:

Revision as of 03:35, 3 February 2014

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The id logo used in the classic Doom games

id Software is a game developer founded on February 1, 1991 based in Mesquite, Texas, and as of June 2009, is a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media. They are the authors of Doom and Doom II, as well as numerous other well-known titles such as the Quake series of games, Wolfenstein 3D, and Commander Keen. "id" is pronounced as a single syllable, described by the company as "the primal section of the human psyche" which in Freudian psychology is responsible for instinctual and primitive impulses. It is sometimes pronounced like "I.D.," although this is incorrect.[1]

People who work or who have worked at id:

People and teams who have worked for id or in id-related projects:

References

  1. id Software: Business

External links

id Software
Doom era
(1993-2003)
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Doom 3 era
(2004-2008)
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ZeniMax era
(2009+)
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