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Oh, hi there. Didn’t see you enter. Anyways, welcome to my humble little blog. For those of you not familiar with who I am, the name’s Brian. I’m 24 years old and hail from Findlay, Ohio. I work at the local newspaper here as a copy editor, putting my four long years of college to actual use. Kind of. I think.

For those of you who might recognize me from elsewhere, I work as Assistant Gaming Editor over at Blogcritics Gaming and as Features Editor over at Tomopop. It's a lot of work, but it's worth it because I get to do a lot of cool shit with a lot of cool people.

I've been gaming since the relatively young age of around 3 and I've played plenty of games, both good and bad. I'm continuously expanding my gaming collection, which has become more of an archive in recent years as I'm focusing on collecting older, less well-known titles. You'd honestly be surprised on what people are missing out on in bargain bins...



Other than gaming, I love anime, manga, sports, movies, TV, and a whole lot more. I also happen to have something of a legendary love for Cammy, to the point that I am the site's unofficial official Cammy fanboy. And yes, I do play as her in Street Fighter and do so quite well, too.

Also, I am Chad Concelmo's B.F.F., my prize for coming in first in The Great Retro Quiz .18 - ActRaiser. Accept no substitutes. Not even Aerox.

Contact Info:

AIM: NihonTiger90
MSN: hurricane317 at hotmail.com
Skype: NihonTiger90
Twitter: brianszabelski
GMail: brianszabelski at gmail.com
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Steam: NihonTiger




Mad props to Ghost for this amazing card!

Great Retro Quiz! Results

Punch-Out! featuring Mike Tyson


Star Fox (winner)
ActRaiser (winner)
Dolphins!!
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden
Street Fighter II
Super Mario Kart


Castlevania
Contra
Donkey Kong Country
Smash Bros.
Zelda II

Nihon's Gallery of Hotness:









(Yes, that’s one of Dtoid’s own, Hollie (a.k.a. phoenix-blood). I met her at PAX and she is awesome.)





(Ooooh, I think I found a new favorite :3)

Psst, more here.

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Archive of Features Brian Szabelski | 11:19 PM on 01.21.2008 0 comments

Looking for one of my features? Look no further! 10 Best Multiplayer Experiences I've Had Gaming Predictions for 2008 Games That Should Be On Xbox Live Arcade I Games That Should Be On Xbox Live Arcade II Third-Party Developers Over Gaming's History Things to be excited about at E3 Gaming Industry Predictions for 2009! Street Fighter Themes - coming soon! NES Games of All Time - coming soon! Super NES Games of All Time - coming soon! Genesis Games of All Time - coming soon! Nintendo 64 Games of All Time - coming soon! Games That Should Be On Xbox Live Arcade III (and the Playstation Store) - coming soon! Does It Suck? Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball Special Sports Triple Threat (Blades of Steel and Double Dribble (NES/Arcade)) Jenga World Tour F.E.A.R. Files The Contest Contest Winners Robocop Sonic R Special Olympic Edition: Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings Special Olympic Edition: Team USA Basketball Daikatana A Classic Six-Pac (Pacman (Atari 2600), Baby Pac-Man, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, Pac-Man VR, Pac-Man Vs., Ms. Pac-Man (Mobile Phone Version)) Halo 3 Mass Effect - coming soon! Super Mario Galaxy - coming soon! Portal - coming soon! The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - coming soon! Super Smash Bros. Brawl - coming soon! Fallout 3 - coming soon! Luigi's Mansion - coming soon! F-Zero GX - coming soon! Out to Lunch - coming soon! Adventure (Atari 2600) - coming soon! Shaq Fu - coming soon! Final Fantasy X and X-2 - coming soon! Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City - coming soon! Eternity's Child - coming soon! Kane and Lynch: Dead Men - coming soon! Manhunt 2 - coming soon! Indy 500 - coming soon! True Crime: Streets of LA - coming soon! Rock Band Requests #1: Red Hot Chili Peppers #2: Elton John - coming soon! Son of Bargain Bin Laden Index coming soon! Worst. Character. Ever. First Tournament Second Tournament - coming soon! And a few other things: Number of times on the front page: 3 Good Idea, Bad Idea: The Silent Protagonist Gaming's Guilty Pleasures: God Mode The Start of the Affair: The Apple IIe (Choplifter and Lode Runner) More to come! Stay tuned!