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. 

GTA V

During Breaking Bad, I noticed the flood of GTA V commercials, and user comments on forums online saying how excited they are for the release of this game. I haven't been a huge fan of GTA games, but that's probably because the whole time on the game I spend driving the cars around, sometimes actually trying to follow the rules of the road (don't tell me you've never done this). I have to say though, the story line in GTA V from the previews looks super interactive and like a lot of sweat was produced working on this single player mode.

It's a pretty ballsy move to release a game so close to the release of next-gen consoles, but I have to say, the graphics in GTA V are very impressive considering they aren't next gen. Look at the GTA V graphics vs GTA San Andreas!

Crazy difference, huh? 

The game will be based in "Los Santos" which is pretty much Los Angeles, and a map has even been released for the area.  Click to enlarge the photo and dissect it a little more! 

The game will feature three main characters which the player can switch between while playing, and you can find the leaked soundtrack list for the game online!

I wanna play WoW all night, and Zelda everyyyy day!

^ Make sure you SING the title, otherwise it makes me look like my addiction is way too out of hand. Anyways, moving on, a little update of what to expect next! I will be working on an OATH TO ORDER tutorial for you guys! So happy for the massive demand for this song, it's so beautiful and gives me these weird goosebumps on my arms and legs every time. Damn it...I really want to play Majora's Mask again now.

But before this guide is released, I will be making a WoW guide first, which is WAYYYY overdue. So ret pallies, be on the look out for it!!! The next guide to follow will most likely be shadow priest.

By the way, for anyone wondering exactly how the ranking goes for piano tutorial requests, it's really one of those demand type deals. Whatever users want the most is what I will be making, and Zelda songs come first before any other game (sorry, but that'd be like switching boyfriends/girlfriends before you're even ready to move on). Don't feel cheated if a tutorial for your song doesn't come up yet. These things take timeeee. Be patient, young cricket!

Also, later tonight I will hopefully be uploading the music tutorial of Zelda's Lullaby on Songs of Time. For some reason my blog format is messed up and I'm not too sure how to fix it, so I'm really hoping that ya'll can at least still see the link bar to access the page? If not pleaseeee let me know. I don't know if this is an issue with my computer or what.

Love love love! Thank you all for continuing to be awesome!!!!

Zelda's Lullaby Coming Right Up!!

Hey all! I will be uploading a tutorial to play Zelda's Lullaby shortly! Hopefully the tutorial isn't too tricky and helps ya'll out. This song probably triggers the most memories for me and truly is the most powerful song to bring me back to my childhood. /Nostalgia much?

I will be posting a written tutorial in the "Songs of Time" section later on this week. It won't be TOO detailed, but will give you an outline of the notes (by letter!). Please keep in mind that I cannot read music, so sheet music can be found online if you do some digging, I'm sure. Good luck and hope it helps you out!

Next up is a WoW guide! :)  Finally!

Thanks for all of your continued support!!

New WoW Character Model Updates?!?! Yes please!

You can see that the talk is going all around about WoW model updates. It's very interesting to see what other players have to say about it! Hopefully we see this released soon, because Blizz is WAY overdue to add a bit more to character customization and to update the way our characters look! I'm sick of my helms being overlapped by my character's hair in awkward spots, and armor just not laying right. I'm also bugged by how nice some NPC's look, and how blocky my character looks next to them. /huff

But a lot of hype has been going around one image of a female troll model, and god I hopeeeee this is what it will look like. It has been getting me so pumped to see where blizz goes with these updated models! Is this something we can look out for at Blizzcon? I sure hope so!

Badass! WoW will feel like a totally updated game with these features. If you had the chance to choose, what would you add to character customization? For me I'd add height and weight options, as well as more skin colors/features we see from other NPCs in the game. Another player mentioned being able to make a Wildhammer Clan dwarf, or a brown orc. This is definitely something to be considered by Blizz, and could be a grrrrrreat way to bring players back!!!

An article by Evan Narcisse on Kotaku
displays even more pictures of various races!

WoW Guides Coming Right on Up!

I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with Mists. As I said before, I will be getting into detail, but I don't have the time to do so this morning since I leave for work in less than an hour. Let's just say I'm back in my WoW phase where I want to play WHENEVER I get the chance. I will be looking into doing streaming (although I don't know if my computer can handle it, but I guess we will see), and will be making guides again! Yeeeee-haw!

To give you some insight on what class guides to look out for, my highest levels are a priest, druid, pally, DK, and a rogue is quickly making it's way up there. I will eventually get around to guides for (hopefully) every class/spec. LET'S GOOOOOO!