Joseph Game is also known as Chogrin in the artist community. It was a nickname given to him by his family when he was born. Game began signing his artwork as "Chogrin" in high school. The name Chogrin is a hybrid of two slang words. He lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador until 1998. Since then he has lived in the states of Pennsylvania (Danville & Philadelphia) and California (Burbank).