According to legend, The Gang officially began in May of 1998. The 7th grade class of Central Jr. High School in Evergreen Park, IL was on a field trip in Springfield, IL. Sitting on the bus together were Terry Mulrenin and Mike Paprocki. While the bus trudged on through the middle of nowhere, Terry and Mike began arguing over who's watch had the correct time. The argument continued throughout the day, and by the time they had returned home, a friendship was forged.

Going into 8th grade, the fellowship that would one day be known as The Gang came together for the first time. Terry and Mike were soon joined by Bill Pappas, who completed the foundation of The Gang. Ben Palacios, Eric Pietkiewicz, and Adam Oster would also join the group, and throughout 1999, this unique group of personalities would eventually lead to the development of The Gang's trademark sense of humor.

As high school began in Fall '99, The Gang began to slowly drift apart as they split up to different schools. That's when Terry and Mike came up with the idea of getting everyone together to film a "documentary" of all the jokes they had come up with during their years at Central. Thus began The Gang's first movie, Doin' Stuff. Not only did the movie strengthen The Gang's friendship, but it also led to Mike and Terry discovering an interest in film-making.

In 2001, some...unpleasantness...almost tore The Gang apart (as seen through the failure of Doin' Stuff 2), but they managed to pull things together again thanks to the release of the Dreamcast video game Shenmue. The game gave Mike and Terry enough ideas for a full script, which eventually became The Gang's first full-length movie, Shenmue: The Gang Edition. By the time filming was finished, The Gang was once again stronger than ever.

The Gang continued to grow in strength throughout 2002, especially with the addition of Terry's next-door neighbor and longtime friend, Jay Slykas. In 2003, as they graduated from high school, Mike and Terry were continuing to learn and improve their filming skills, as shown in the two movies The Gang produced that year - Doin' Stuff 3 and The Search for Pappas. At the same time, they released Shenmue: TGE on the internet at the popular Shenmue fansite, Shenmue Dojo, where the movie quickly won over fans of the video game.

In the summer of 2004, following their first year of college, Terry and Mike decided to return to the Shenmue series by finally making Shenmue II: The Gang Edition. With the help of many new friends (including fellow filmmakers Joey Bigio and Tyler Ventura) and a wide array of new filming equipment and editing software, The Gang pulled off their finest accomplishment yet. The 2-hour spoof of Shenmue II was also released on the internet and contributed to The Gang's growing number of fans.

Riding high on the popularity of Shenmue II, The Gang finished their second year of college, releasing Doin' Stuff 4: The College Years in summer of 2005. DS4 would contain some of their most popular projects yet, most notably the music video I'm On My Cell Phone, which was played on WGN Morning News in Chicago, giving The Gang their first public TV exposure.

That same summer, The Gang would produce their 8th film - The Gang Wars. As their 2nd full-length original film, the movie featured almost every member of The Gang and successfully brought together several elements from all their previous movies. Released on DVD in September of 2005, the film was a milestone for The Gang.

Throughout their 3rd year of college , The Gang continued producing short films for their classes, which culminated in the Summer 2006 release of Doin' Stuff 5: Hoopin' and a Doppin'. In this collection, The Gang first began to display their blatant distaste for experimental "video art," and their projects gradually become a rebellion of sorts against the prominently avante-garde atmosphere of the UIC film department.

During the summer of 2006, now with an established internet fanbase and a continually growing number of friends, The Gang decided to tackle their most ambitious project to date. In the absence of a third Shenmue video game, Mike & Terry went ahead and wrote their own ending to the unfinished saga. Thus began the "fiasco in the making" known as Shenmue III: The Gang Edition.

Shooting the full-length film was quite the ordeal, as increasingly conflicting schedules made filming a difficult procedure. However, everybody was able to pull together in the end, and the movie was released in October of 2006. Fans of the Shenmue series eagerly accepted The Gang's version as a fitting ending for a video game series that may never see a true conclusion.

Having completed the Shenmue saga, The Gang turned back to their own saga as they entered their 4th and final year of college. For the first part of their senior thesis class, Mike, Joey and Tyler teamed up to produce Viral Video, an all-new original adventure. Added to the crew was composer Brian Peters, who brought his musical talents to the production by creating an entirely original soundtrack. The movie was premiered at a public show at UIC and was incredibly well-recieved by a crowd full of teachers and fellow students. The Gang's longtime rebellion against video art was over.