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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.

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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)

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Better Time Waster Of The Moment: Thule Trail Brian Szabelski | 10:46 AM on 12.17.2007 13 comments

This morning, while perusing my daily news Web sites, I came across a little article on an Oregon Trail-remake/semi-advertigame called Thule Trail. It's being hosted by Thule Sweden, which is a company that makes roof-top carrying racks and trailers for cars. Now, if you're gonna have the balls to remake one of the greatest games, it'd better be damn good. And Thule must have known that, because this game is, to quote Chad, AMAZING. Instead of riding in a wagon to Oregon, you're in one of three cars on your way to the Atlantis Music Festival in California. Each car has advantages and disadvantages to picking it. Along with that, you get to pick an occupation and name your four companions for the trip. You also have to pick up gas and supplies, can hunt for food on the side of the road, can pick up hitchhikers (but be careful) and can compete in events for money. It's pretty much a great modern update of the Oregon Trail, and it's all browser-based. Kick ass! I started an adventure from Chicago with myself, Ron, Niero, Tiff and Chad and made it to the very end with just about everyone in tow. Well, except one person, but I took pictures that will help explain the whole thing. Can I ford the river? Hells yes, I can. Attached photos: