Tumbleweed Gaming

Omar Parker (born: ),https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8854491/ better known online as Tumbleweed Gaming, is an American content creator, film producer, author, and YouTuber, that creates comedy content and plays a variety of games to his social media accounts. He has also been a producer for various YouTubers. Tumbleweed started receiving a lot of attention between late 2023. 
==Content History==
Tumbleweed created his gaming channel on May 9, 2024. Tumbleweed produced many movies before moving to digital content. He produced films with many celebrities including Michael Madsen, Eric Roberts, Fred Melamed, Barry Bostwick, Jane Kaczmarek, George Lazenby, Michael Pare, Forrest Goodluck, Daniel Baldwin, Kevin Sorbo, Tom Sizemore, Danielle Harris, and Brinke Stevens .https://hudsonweekly.com/omar-parker-charlie-burt-from-indie-festival-favorites-to-tumbleweed-tiktok-fame/ One of his films was even #1 on Starz.https://www.gq.co.za/more/riding-the-waves-of-success-the-adventurous-lives-of-filmmakers-charles-burt-and-omar-parker-46cffb40-21b6-490a-a3e1-c1ed718abf5f Parker has garnered over 10 billion views on content he has produced and been featured in on various social media platforms. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8854491/bio/ 
===YouTube===
Tumbleweed began his YouTube career with Captain's Log, a now deleted Star Trek fan channel that had over 200,000 subscribers at it's peak.https://disruptmagazine.com/captains-log-alum-share-secrets-to-be-a-successful-youtuber-and-future-project-slate-by-robert-france/ The channel was active from 2020- 2022https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12669996/?ref_=tt_ch. He also collaborated with Hoovie's Garage, an avid Star Trek fan for an interview. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12682062/mediaviewer/rm3499142657/?ref_=tt_ov_i
Since then Tumbleweed has worked for various YouTubers as a producer like Preston.https://hudsonweekly.com/tumbleweeds-side-quest-show-a-hit/ Tumbleweed was one of first people in Preston's viral "Mayo Food" shorts.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KcmRTkxQf5c He has also collaborated with Lachlanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQTXfV7gLY, Robert Obersthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2n_FGkYVVc and Steve's POV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao_-ocXiOl8 through various projects he has produced. 
In 2024, he started Tumbleweed Gaming.https://www.youtube.com/@Tumbleweed_Gaming The channel exploded, gaining over 30,000 followers in the first month. The content mainly consists of gaming videos on YouTube. His first playthroughs were Dark Souls.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XbtAJWtKkk&list=PLEb80QCaTx1igzhK_tfhLMopBBZxDPvoK and Sekiro.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5bG-OnIPT4&list=PLEb80QCaTx1gvzaZi0Q8MWcnModTOJG0E He often integrates memes and content from other media into his playthroughs. Later on that year he began posting Warzone content with his business partner Charlie Burt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PfAOM67fg 
===Other Media===
In October, 2023 Tumbleweed started his TikTok and Instagram platforms. Most of the content were comedy posts, following popular trends or a skit. He cites the reason for this change a decrease in audience interest in movie theaters and an increase in audience interest in digital content. https://hudsonweekly.com/omar-parker-charlie-burt-from-indie-festival-favorites-to-tumbleweed-tiktok-fame/His TikTok gained 400,000 followers and millions of likes in the first 6 months,https://socialblade.com/tiktok/user/official_tumbleweed but became inactive upon TikTok being banned by Congress. Tumbleweed became more active on Instagram afterwards instead, reaching over a million followers. https://www.laweekly.com/leaders-at-egerton-crescent-productions-navigate-shift-to-digital-content/https://hollywoodruler.com/omar-parker-charlie-burt-hit-1m-followers-on-instagram-with-tumbleweed/ 
===Book===
In June of 2024, Tumbleweed published a book called Inebriated Haiku's. The book would be a #1 bestseller on Amazon in it's release categories and was done in partnership with a local pub called The Rabbit Hole in Fort Worth, TX. https://hudsonweekly.com/charles-burt-omar-parker-top-starz-amazon-charts/
===Side Quests===
The most popular content series across Tumbleweed's platforms is his Side Quest series. A travel comedy series featuring his friends going across the globe. https://hudsonweekly.com/tumbleweeds-side-quest-show-a-hit/ On August 25, 2024 Tumbleweed announced he would be slowing down production on his channel in favor of making a Side Quest show that was moving into production. https://youtu.be/N62h_rNSL-c?si=kh3Isy5otR1ub3dq 
==Channel milestones==
===Subscribers milestones===
*100 subscribers: May 14, 2024
*1,000 subscribers: May 21, 2024
*10,000 subscribers: May 29, 2024
*100,000 subscribers: July 8, 2024
===Views milestones===
*100,000 video views: May 28, 2024
==Personal Life==
Parker's family has a Wall Street background. He was born and raised in San Diego, California. He wore flip flops daily until he was eight. Parker attended high school in New York City, and graduated from film school from Montana State University in 2019. Parker has completed the Buffalo Wild Wings blazing challenge. Parker is also a massive baseball fan. 
He married Bridgett Parker in San Antonio in May of 2022. They met in college in a television production class. Parker proposed at the Dallas Reunion Tower with the help of celebrities like Jon Taffer, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, James Cosmo, & Heidi Wattney. Their reception at Chart House in San Antonio caused the venue to run out of alcohol. https://www.culturebuzz.net/media-exec-omar-parker-company-host-san-antonio-wedding-bash/
==Trivia==
*Tumbleweed has a cat named Hughie that frequently features in his content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLYvoj1TuBU&t=1s
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2024