Dr. Isbister speaks at ACM Sandbox Symposium

On July 29 in Boston, Dr. Isbister participated in a panel at SIGGRAPH's first games-focused symposium. The talk, titled "Trans-media character psychology", was a part of the Occasionally Reconcilable Differences: Games, Movies and Television panel.

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Interview in Gamasutra with Dr. Isbister and Nicole Lazzaro

On July 14, Gamasutra published an interview conducted by Patrick Dugan during this year's Game Developer Conference, titled "Constraint is Design: Katherine Isbister and Nicole Lazzaro on Intimate Relations". The article provides a window into some of the concepts in Dr. Isbister's book.

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Book signing at Market Block Books on July 6

Dr. Isbister gave a brief reading and book signing to celebrate the release of Better Game Characters by Design at Market Block Books, in downtown Troy.

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Better Game Characters featured in Gamasutra

An excerpted chapter from Dr. Isbister's book appears on Gamasutra's website.