It's a good idea to go through a few of the tutorials that come with Maya. I found that after doing those I could figure out most of what the older tutorials would be talking about
:D

like this one?
http://simplymaya.com/autodesk-maya-video-tutorial/free-tutorials/introduction-to-game-texturing/?tut_id=156&sub_cat=0
I don't think the process of doing it has changed much since...

i would like to see a tutorial on animating wings (both like a bat and a bird)