Jeff Green (writer)
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Green at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo.
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| Born | October 12, 1961 |
| Residence | Berkeley, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, video game journalist, video game designer |
| Employer | Hit Detection, formerly PopCap Games, Electronic Arts, Ziff Davis Media |
| Known for | Editor-in-chief of Computer Gaming World and Games for Windows: The Official Magazine |
Jeffrey Green (born October 12, 1961) is an American writer and video game journalist, and the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (formerly Computer Gaming World), which was published by Ziff Davis Media. As of November 11, 2013, Jeff left PopCap Games, where he served as a director of editorial and social media. He was employed by the Sims division of developer Electronic Arts, where he has served as a designer, producer, and writer. Green kept his job at Ziff Davis after the closing of GFW for several months, before announcing his departure from the company. While an employee at Ziff Davis, Green hosted the weekly CGW Radio podcast (which later became GFW Radio), and hosted The Official EA Podcast.
Green graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English; in 1991 he joined Ziff Davis Press, a subsidiary of Ziff Davis Media which published computer books. Later, he moved to the weekly Macintosh trade journal MacWEEK as a reviews editor. While getting the opportunity to write professionally, the magazine's subject matter was "frankly [something I] didn't give much of a shit about." At the time, MacWEEK was published by Ziff Davis Media, which also ran the monthly video game magazine Computer Gaming World. Green "begged, cajoled, whined, and threatened" editor-in-chief Johnny Wilson to give him the opening for Associate Editor that arose for the magazine in 1996. He got the job, although was forced to take a cut on his salary to make the move, which he considers "totally worth it."
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