In 1977, Aaron Simmer was born and quickly became a game addict. The games were simple at the beginning, such as Sleep Deprivation, whereby he would scream all hours of the night, keeping his parents in a semi-comatose state for the better part of four months, and Strategic Release, in which he would choose the most inconvenient moment to pee on whomever was changing his diaper.

Besides playing every sport available to him, he also began his reign as Supreme Colecovision Champion. It was about this time, at age seven, that Aaron found his writing talent with, the now classic one-shot comic book, Fat Man vs. The Pizza Guy. His creativity brought his writing from average to pretty good, improvising answers on tests to get laughs when the obvious answer was not known.

Highschool saw Aaron receive some prominence, establishing the school newspaper, The Propaganda Machine, and winning the coveted Writing Award. His writing proliferated during this period, seeing the completion of dozens of short stories, one novel-length work, a screenplay, and many editorials and essays that some labeled as bordering on genius and/or madness. He continued playing computer and console games when time allowed and was witness to the huge evolutionary steps made by electronic media. It was during this time that he met up with Jeff Nash.