Gary Winnick
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Gary Winnick is an American game designer and artist best known for co-creating influential Lucasfilm Games adventures such as Maniac Mansion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gary Winnick canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8561932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gary Winnick Context triple: [Maniac Mansion, creator, Gary Winnick]
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A.
Jonathan David
Jonathan David is a Canadian professional soccer forward known for his prolific goal-scoring for both the Canada national team and top European clubs.
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B.
Paulo Wanchope
Paulo Wanchope is a retired Costa Rican striker known for his prolific goal-scoring in the English Premier League and for being one of Costa Rica’s most iconic footballers.
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C.
Nico Leunen
Nico Leunen is a Belgian film editor known for his work on acclaimed international and arthouse films.
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D.
Cazorla
Cazorla is a historic town in Andalusia, southern Spain, known as a gateway to the Sierra de Cazorla Natural Park and for its medieval castle and scenic mountain setting.
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E.
David Bale
David Bale was a South African-born entrepreneur, environmental and animal rights activist, and the father of actor Christian Bale.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gary Winnick Target entity description: Gary Winnick is an American game designer and artist best known for co-creating influential Lucasfilm Games adventures such as Maniac Mansion.
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A.
Jonathan David
Jonathan David is a Canadian professional soccer forward known for his prolific goal-scoring for both the Canada national team and top European clubs.
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B.
Paulo Wanchope
Paulo Wanchope is a retired Costa Rican striker known for his prolific goal-scoring in the English Premier League and for being one of Costa Rica’s most iconic footballers.
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C.
Nico Leunen
Nico Leunen is a Belgian film editor known for his work on acclaimed international and arthouse films.
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D.
Cazorla
Cazorla is a historic town in Andalusia, southern Spain, known as a gateway to the Sierra de Cazorla Natural Park and for its medieval castle and scenic mountain setting.
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E.
David Bale
David Bale was a South African-born entrepreneur, environmental and animal rights activist, and the father of actor Christian Bale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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artist ⓘ human ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| coCreated |
Maniac Mansion
NERFINISHED
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Thimbleweed Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreatorWith | Ron Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Terrible Toybox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Dave Grossman
NERFINISHED
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David Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Falstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Schafer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developedForPlatform |
Commodore 64
NERFINISHED
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MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ NES NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
LucasArts
NERFINISHED
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Lucasfilm Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
graphic design
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interactive fiction ⓘ video game industry ⓘ |
| genre | adventure games ⓘ |
| influenced | later point-and-click adventure games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lucasfilm Games graphic adventures
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pioneering point-and-click adventure game art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
art direction on early Lucasfilm Games adventures
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co-creating Maniac Mansion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Maniac Mansion
NERFINISHED
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Thimbleweed Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
comic book artist
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game designer ⓘ video game artist ⓘ |
| roleInManiacMansion |
co-creator
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lead artist ⓘ |
| roleInThimbleweedPark |
artist
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co-creator ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Defenders of Dynatron City
NERFINISHED
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure NERFINISHED ⓘ Loom NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Wars (LucasArts games) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Secret of Monkey Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gary Winnick Description of subject: Gary Winnick is an American game designer and artist best known for co-creating influential Lucasfilm Games adventures such as Maniac Mansion.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.