![]() His first role was as the lead designer for Neverwinter Nights 2. ![]() On July 19, 2005, GameSpot reported that he had left Midway's Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, and was accepting a position at Obsidian Entertainment, a studio founded and staffed by many veterans of Black Isle. Interplay went on to close Black Isle two weeks after Sawyer's departure. In November 2003 Sawyer announced his departure from Black Isle, where he had been serving as lead designer of Fallout 3, to pursue other projects. While at Black Isle he was known for coming up with the "Ex-Presidents" project naming system. Starting as a web designer at Black Isle Studios in 1999, Sawyer quickly worked his way up the ladder to an associate designer position and then lead designer on Icewind Dale II. After Lawrence, Sawyer moved to California. ![]() In addition to being a history major, Sawyer participated in the theater (including mounting a production of Assassins). ![]() He earned a BA degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Sawyer grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and is the son of Linda Sawyer and sculptor Gerald P. Sawyer, or JSawyer, is an American video game designer, known for his work on role-playing video games. Joshua Eric Sawyer (born October 18, 1975), more commonly known and credited as Josh Sawyer, J.E. Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity, Pentiment
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