Hello, TGN!

So. I'm officially partnered with TGN and my piano tutorials will be appearing on TGN Central! All of my other guides will appear on my Channel as they normally do, but for all of my piano-loving subscribers, make sure to look out for the playlist I added to my channel, titled "TGN Broadcasts", this way you are up to date with all of your piano tutorials. Songs up and coming are some fan requests such as the typical Zelda "Overworld Theme" from A Link to the Past, the "House Theme" from Ocarina of Time, "Dragon Roost Island" from Wind Waker, and much much more! We will also be branching out to other games as well, which is something that you guys have really been requesting. I've never played Kingdom Hearts, but a lot of y'all have been asking from some tutorials there. We also have to jump back to Skyrim since I have a subscriber who really wants to learn how to play the Age of Aggresion (good choice!). Keep the requests coming, because that keeps the videos coming! Thank you so much to everyone who has made all of this possible within the past few weeks. It's amazing how far some of you have gone just to push me that much forward. I'm eternally grateful.

Digital Convergence in the Video Game World

The Video Game Industry is an ever-growing industry as graphics improve and story-lines become much denser than the standard, "There's a bad guy out there and I have to defeat him." With the growth of the industry, we see a convergence, or a growing "connectedness" of two mediums, in which video games and movies are slowly combining. There have been movies made about video games (but this is nothing new), and movies made into video games, but now we're seeing a different type of convergence. Video games are slowly turning into a personal movie for the player, in which they travel through beautiful plot lines and amazing action filled scenes in which they have the ability to contribute, adding their own personal spin to the story-line. Award-winning script writers are taking part in the industry to offer their work, and to get in on a piece of the action. Video game trailers are now resembling those often seen throughout Hollywood. But one question is, when did this whole transition start? What game caused the move towards total convergence? Did it start with the game that moved away from the traditional, "saving of the princess" story-line?  It's difficult to pinpoint.

Gamers have different reactions to this whole change. Many don't want to be associated with deepened story-lines, and think it's a waste of their time. Other gamers love it since they can feel as if they are really immersed in the game since the story-line is that much better. All-in-all with change you're going to have the lovers and haters. What matters here is the proportion of both. The majority seems to favor the change. It'll surely be interesting to see how this all progresses with next-gen graphics and an ever-changing industry.