American McGee
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American McGee is a video game designer best known for his work at id Software on titles like Doom and Quake and for creating the dark fantasy series American McGee's Alice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American McGee canonical | 2 |
| American McGee's Alice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11250097 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: American McGee Context triple: [Quake, designer, American McGee]
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The Escapist
The Escapist is a 2008 British prison-break thriller film starring Brian Cox as a lifer who masterminds a daring escape plan.
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Outcast
Outcast is a 2010 British supernatural horror film blending folk horror and urban drama, noted for its dark atmosphere and strong performances.
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Outcast
Outcast is a horror comic book series created by Robert Kirkman that follows a young man plagued by demonic possession and his quest to understand and combat the dark forces surrounding him.
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Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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Pathhead
Pathhead is a small village in Midlothian, Scotland, known for its rural setting and proximity to Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: American McGee Target entity description: American McGee is a video game designer best known for his work at id Software on titles like Doom and Quake and for creating the dark fantasy series American McGee's Alice.
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A.
The Escapist
The Escapist is a 2008 British prison-break thriller film starring Brian Cox as a lifer who masterminds a daring escape plan.
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B.
Outcast
Outcast is a 2010 British supernatural horror film blending folk horror and urban drama, noted for its dark atmosphere and strong performances.
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C.
Outcast
Outcast is a horror comic book series created by Robert Kirkman that follows a young man plagued by demonic possession and his quest to understand and combat the dark forces surrounding him.
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D.
Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
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E.
Pathhead
Pathhead is a small village in Midlothian, Scotland, known for its rural setting and proximity to Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creative director
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game developer ⓘ human ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| basedIn | Shanghai ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
John Carmack
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John Romero ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Electronic Arts
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Spicy Horse ⓘ id Software ⓘ |
| familyName | McGee ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dark fantasy
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video games ⓘ |
| founded | Spicy Horse ⓘ |
| genre |
action-adventure games
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dark fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| givenName | American ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
Patreon
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Twitter ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
YouTube ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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linked to:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
dark gothic aesthetics ⓘ |
| name | American James McGee ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated | his interpretation of Alice Liddell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating American McGee's Alice franchise
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dark reimagining of Alice in Wonderland ⓘ work on Doom series at id Software ⓘ work on Quake series at id Software ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alice: Madness Returns
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American McGee Presents: Scrapland ⓘ American McGee's Alice ⓘ
linked to:
American McGee
American McGee's Grimm ⓘ Bad Day L.A. ⓘ Doom ⓘ
linked to:
Doom (1993 video game)
Doom II: Hell on Earth ⓘ Quake ⓘ Quake II ⓘ |
| occupation |
creative director
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game programmer ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| platformWorkedOn |
PC games
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console games ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dallas
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Shanghai ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: American McGee Description of subject: American McGee is a video game designer best known for his work at id Software on titles like Doom and Quake and for creating the dark fantasy series American McGee's Alice.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: American McGee