[1][2] When Fong was young, he played video games "here and there", which included children's adventure and puzzle titles such as Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam.

[‡ 1] He graduated from Richmond Hill High School and studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania, but he later dropped out in his second year to focus on his YouTube channel as a full-time commitment.

[6] The name "Vanoss" comes from VANOS,[a] a variable valve timing system produced by German automobile company BMW;[7] Fong's father used the alias "vanoss62"[b] on a PlayStation 3, which his son later adopted for his own.

[3] Speaking at the time, he suggested that his success could be credited to the fact that "Viewers really like the authentic type of content from regular people just playing games because they can relate to that".

[3] Fong's channel is said to capitalize from the "subculture of young people [that] are tuning out of TV" and preferring online content, specifically video game commentary.

[10] Fong released a new logo for the VanossGaming brand in November 2015, the "owl themed" design is based on his Grand Theft Auto Online avatar,[‡ 4] which is also available to play as on Watch Dogs: Legion.

[12][13] On March 6, 2015, he appeared on the "YouTube Gaming Evolution" panel at PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts, alongside panelists W1LDC4T43, Lui Calibre, Mini Ladd, TheBajanCanadian and JeromeASF.

[16] According to City University of Hong Kong scholar Peter Nelson, this form of content, for which Fong pioneered, is a manifestation of modern business development.

[16] Fong's YouTube success symbolises a quantifiable outcome in sandbox gameplay, it is an example of modern entrepreneurship which capitalises on GMod's extended depth within the logic of the internet.

[15] The format exhibited by Fong and similar creators has been described as a form of improvisational-comedy and as a madcap approach to the original style of video game commentary.

[24][25] YouTubers that have appeared regularly in Fong's videos include Nogla, Mini Ladd, Terroriser, H2ODelirious, I AM WILDCAT, BasicallyIDoWrk, Moo, and Fourzer0seven.

[24][d] Fong co-founded the entertainment studio and marketing firm 3Blackdot (stylized as 3BLACKDOT, or 3BD for short) in 2013 with fellow YouTubers Tom "Syndicate" Cassell and Adam "SeaNanners" Montoya.

[30] The studio has produced a selection of video games including Zombie Killer Squad, and the firm also matches advertisers with YouTubers through marketing and agency work.

[31] The production studio has worked on a variety of films, television programs and literature including co-financing and co-producing the critically acclaimed drama Queen & Slim and creating intellectual property for the New York Times best seller The Proudest Blue.

[41] By engaging the collective audience of 40+ million at the time, the animated-series and partnership was deemed a success and was later entered into the 9th edition of the Shorty Awards under the gaming category.

[42] The eight-episode series follows the 'paranormal enthusiast' duo Paul (voiced by Montoya) and Eddie (Scott "Mr_Sark" Robison), as well as their owl-headed neighbor Vanoss (Fong) as they fight supernatural ghostly creatures.

[42] Bubbleblabber reviewer John Schwarz praised Fong and the cast's voice acting, but felt the show's overall premies was lost during the course of the series.

[43] Fong, along with co-creators Brian "Terroriser" Hanby, Marcel "BasicallyIDoWrk" Cunningham and Tyler "I AM WILDCAT" Wine, produced and starred in an animated series entitled Alpha Betas.

[18] Premiering on March 13, 2021, on the VanossGaming YouTube channel,[44] the show was created by Chris Bruno and David Howard Lee with production led by 3Blackdot and Starburns Industries.

[56] Rynx was gaining a reputation as an artist who could pit "cutting edge hip-hop ideas against lucid electronics to create something startling, and absolutely new" according to Robin Murray from the British-based music magazine Clash.