Glenn Rubenstein

Glenn Rubenstein (born March 2 1976) is a writer, director, musician, and journalist based in Northern California.

Journalism

Glenn Rubenstein has been a columnist for the San Francisco Examiner, Sports Illustrated for Kids, CNET's (now defunct) GameCenter, Wizard Magazine, and many other national publications. He was one of the original Contributing Editors for Wired Magazine , and one of the founding editors at the console section of GameSpot. He has also contributed dozens of reviews and previews to the TechTV/G4 television show X-Play.

He began writing for his hometown paper, The Argus Courier, in 1990 (at the age of 14). His writing has mainly focused on topics relating to video games and technology.

From 1993 to 1995, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated On Computers radio show with Leo Laporte and Gina Smith. He also made frequent appearances on MSNBC's The Site (with Soledad O'Brien), G4's Icons show, and was a frequent guest on Live 105's The Alex Bennett Show

Rubenstein also wrote Sports Gamer: The Guide to Sports Video Games, ISBN 1930623224.

Rubenstein will be a co-host on the TWiT Friday gaming show LAN Party with Tom Merritt and Brian Brushwood.

Lonelygirl15

As of late 2006, Glenn Rubenstein has also been credited as both a writer and director on many episodes of the web-based video series Lonelygirl15. .

In early 2007, it was revealed that he is the Puppet Master of the Alternate Reality Game OpAphid, and the creator of the characters OpAphid, Tachyon, and...
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