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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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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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Elebits 2 announced for the DS Brian Szabelski | 12:18 PM on 07.08.2008 3 comments

One of the big surprises on the Wii for me was Elebits, a tiny game from Konami where you threw things around the house to find tiny Elebits that would power various electrical things in your house. Part puzzler and part sandbox game, Elebits wasn't the most graphically powerful or control-perfect title, but it was incredibly fun and kciked the ass of just about every other third party game on the Wii at the time. Especially Red Steel. Oooooh, how I hated that game... >.< I'd been waiting on word of a sequel from Konami for quite some time, as the game had sold resonably well for a launch-window title on what was a totally new kind of console. Today, we finally got news that Elevits: The Adventures of Kai and Zer is indeed on the way, but not to the Wii. The sequel is instead coming to the DS, which could perhaps be a blessing. The original's controls always seemed a bit wonky on the Wii, as fun as Konami's game was. The most obvious set-up will have the main action screen on the touchscreen, with vital stats plastered in the top screen on the DS. It will also sport a new isometric view instead of the first person viewpoint the Wii version had. It will also support four-player Wi-Fi connection multiplayer and is set for a Fall 2008 release. Woo-hoo! We'll apparently be hearing more about this at E3, so stay tuned, but I'm excited. :) (via 1up)