James Covey is the son of Carl Covey and Teresa Wilson. He grew up in Galloway, OH and has four brothers and four sisters. James graduated from Westland High School in 2001, after also studying in the Information Technologies Dept of Hayes Technical School. A year later he founded his own company, called Nevernull, for web software engineering.

In July of 2009 James launched a private custom game server for Lineage as a hobby. Players around the world are enjoying his updates, which he releases every few weeks.

Currently James is developing a new game as an application on Facebook, and is also beginning to explore and tinker in the world of electronics.