Josh Sawyer
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Josh Sawyer is an American video game designer and director best known for his work on role-playing games such as Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Josh Sawyer canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12911758 — 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: Josh Sawyer Context triple: [Black Isle Studios, keyPerson, Josh Sawyer]
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A.
Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer was a Canadian-born character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous American films and television shows from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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B.
Alex Sawyer
Alex Sawyer is a British political aide and former Conservative Party councillor, best known as the husband of UK politician Priti Patel.
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C.
Matt Sawyer
Matt Sawyer is a Canadian lacrosse coach best known for leading the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
Luke Sawyer
Luke Sawyer is a fictional character from the television series "Pretty Little Liars," known as one of the roles portrayed by actor Brant Daugherty.
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E.
Adam Ryen
Adam Ryen is a voice actor best known for providing the voice of Cody in Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under."
- 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: Josh Sawyer Target entity description: Josh Sawyer is an American video game designer and director best known for his work on role-playing games such as Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity.
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A.
Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer was a Canadian-born character actor known for his tough-guy roles in numerous American films and television shows from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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B.
Alex Sawyer
Alex Sawyer is a British political aide and former Conservative Party councillor, best known as the husband of UK politician Priti Patel.
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C.
Matt Sawyer
Matt Sawyer is a Canadian lacrosse coach best known for leading the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.
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D.
Luke Sawyer
Luke Sawyer is a fictional character from the television series "Pretty Little Liars," known as one of the roles portrayed by actor Brant Daugherty.
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E.
Adam Ryen
Adam Ryen is a voice actor best known for providing the voice of Cody in Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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game developer ⓘ video game designer ⓘ video game director ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fallout series
ⓘ
linked to:
Fallout (video game series)
Pillars of Eternity series ⓘ
linked to:
Pillars of Eternity
|
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designed |
systems for Fallout: New Vegas
ⓘ
systems for Pillars of Eternity ⓘ |
| directed |
Fallout: New Vegas
ⓘ
Pentiment ⓘ Pillars of Eternity ⓘ Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire ⓘ |
| employer |
Black Isle Studios
ⓘ
Obsidian Entertainment ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
role-playing games
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video games ⓘ |
| genre | role-playing video games ⓘ |
| givenName | Josh ⓘ |
| industry | video game industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
directing Fallout: New Vegas
ⓘ
directing Pentiment ⓘ directing Pillars of Eternity ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Obsidian Entertainment ⓘ |
| name | Josh Sawyer ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableFor | work on computer role-playing games ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fallout: New Vegas
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Pentiment ⓘ Pillars of Eternity ⓘ Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire ⓘ |
| occupation |
game developer
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video game designer ⓘ video game director ⓘ |
| role |
game director
ⓘ
lead designer ⓘ project director ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Alpha Protocol
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Fallout: New Vegas ⓘ Icewind Dale ⓘ Icewind Dale II ⓘ Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter ⓘ
linked to:
Icewind Dale
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer ⓘ
linked to:
Neverwinter Nights 2
Pentiment ⓘ Pillars of Eternity ⓘ Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Josh Sawyer Description of subject: Josh Sawyer is an American video game designer and director best known for his work on role-playing games such as Fallout: New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity.
Referenced by (8)
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