Wenzel Hitzig was born in Germany in 1963 to Ingo and Liesl Hitzig. Ingo Hitzig was an engineer with the Mercedes Benz corporation and Wenzel had a typical childhood. He grew up playing soccer and a little basketball. From an early age, Wenzel showed promise in electronics and when computers first became available, the child was fascinated. He shared this fascination with his best friend, Achim Michaelis, and the two boys could often be found huddled together, discussing the inventions they would create together that would make them both rich.

In 1978, the family immigrated to the United States. Ingo Hitzig took a job with Boeing and Wenzel soon immersed himself in American culture. By this point, computers took up almost all of Wenzel's time. He began acquiring each new computer as soon as it came out. He went through the Commodore 64 and Texas Instruments computers the way other kids devoured comic books.

Although Wenzel made many friends in his new country, he always remained in close contact with his best friend from Germany, Achim Michaelis. The two young men often wrote to each other and talked on the phone whenever possible. They often talked of bringing Achim to the US and starting a computer company together.

When it came time for college, Wenzel chose Georgia Tech where he majored in engineering and computer science. After graduation in 1985, Wenzel took a job with BellSouth Telecommunications where he worked in their information technology division. He excelled in this position and in 1990, he joined a small technology company called Mediate Technologies. He wrote software code and designed database structures during the day, but at night, he focused his attention on computer games.

Fascinated by the burgeoning computer games market, Wenzel was constantly wracking his brain for an idea that would sell. On a daily basis, he and Achim were e-mailing suggestions and possible ideas. Finally, in the late nineties, the two men thought they had the concept that would make them millionaires.

This Is Not A Game would pit the player against an international serial killer who visited famous literary sites to conduct his grisly business. Wenzel and Achim thought it would be part Tomb Raider and part Silence of the Lambs. In 2000, they pooled their money and Wenzel incorporated TINAG, Inc. in Atlanta. They immediately started working on obtaining a work visa for Achim through TINAG, Inc. When the approval came through, they both quit their jobs to work on the game full-time, and Achim came to America.

In recent months, the two men have been scrambling to bring their project to fruition. Financing has been difficult and they often argued over money. With dwindling resources, the men arrived in Oxford, Mississippi on April 26, 2001 with the "star" of their game, Arlene Melton, to scout Rowan Oak as a possible location for use in the game.