They say that first impression will determine how likely you are to re visit a location again, unless you are one of those people that are determined to give everything and everyone a second chance, which I am not. But let me just say that I will be more than likely to visit the Mesa Arts Center again and possibly again, depending on my second impression of course. \n\nFirst of all the building itself is a feast for the eyes, an inverted eyesore if I may. A huge, modern, contemporary building, sandwiched in between mostly sub-par fast food joints and cash your check now locations. And since I am still fairly new and unfamiliar to this area and the fact that I have never been to down town Mesa, my expectations were, let's just say that I went in to this without really knowing what to expect. \n\nNever the less, once I entered the doors I was immediately greeted by a sweet old lady that might have noticed the confusion on my face. Since the only clue my ticket gave me of where I was going was a big green arrow that said enter here and the slightly cryptic seating and tier coding left me confused of where I was going, but luckily this lady came to my rescue and made sure I ended up where I needed to be.\n\nI went to see Video Games Live at the Ikeda theatre, a combination of my two biggest interests in life, music and video gaming. When attending a show of this style with the properness of classical music and the youthfulness of video games you can expect a clash of social norms. You see people wearing formal attire and younger teenagers decked out in this season's latest Hot Topic fashion.\n\nThey played song like Pac Man, Super Mario, Zelda and one of my personal favorites when it comes to newer games being Assassins Creed. The first three mentioned are theme songs that anyone would be able to recognize and Assassins Creed is designed from the get go with classical music so the experience is only enhanced by hearing it live combined with the visual elements and clips from the game.\n\nAll in all, having a great view of the orchestra, unobstructed sound, a beautiful venue and last but not least, the importance of art in our society made my fist but not last experience with the Mesa Arts Center something I would recommend to anyone.