Cheapy is the editor and owner of Cheap Ass Gamer (CAG), a website initially based in Tokyo, Japan.
He felt that living in Tokyo gave him a time advantage for posting United States-based video game deals.
[2] The website began to raise money from its members for the Child's Play charity, as Cheapy was impressed by its founders' efforts, supported their effort to help children and change the negative media portrayal of gamers, and wanted to join their initiative.
In August 2010, Cheapy participated in a charity auction for a voice acting role in the then-upcoming video game Saints Row: The Third.
[4] The contest was held by Saints Row senior writer Steve Jaros, who wanted to help the family of a 23-year-old fire victim pay medical bills.