I also just found that firechildc has some REALLY good tutorials on youtube for Blender 2.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuiTxImzpMM

Blender really isn't that hard to learn, I thought... You just gotta watch the forty some minute long video with the hard to understand Indian guy and then skim through the first two chapters of the wikibook... Video --> http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/blender/a-detailed-overview-of-the-blender-int...

I disagree with the arrow keys as default. WASD is much easier to use in gaming. With the arrow keys, it is difficult to move and jump at the same time.