I learned from this tutorial how to do 3D text an to change the perspective. I also learned how to do a text layer on top of a text layer. I feel like i did a great job of getting it to look like it was made out of pixels. I wish I had more time to mess around with the predictive. I just didn't want to screw anything up. I did to figure out the shadows more because right now i don't have a light source.
Link: http://www.tutorial9.net/uncategorized/retro-3d-arcade-text-effect-in-illustrator/