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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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Obligatory NARP Recap Post From My Perspective
Brian Szabelski | 11:47 PM on 02.24.2008 21 comments


So last night was the West Coast GDC NARP, hosted by Hamza “Motherfucking Shark/CTZ”
Aziz and Dyson. I was not able to attend directly, but through the power of Stickam, I
attended and had a wonderful time.

After Shitty Movie Night ended and we all had our lulz on Sonic the Hedgehog, I wandered
back to the C-Blogs to finally find the Stickam link to the NARP.

I had originally planned to be on cam part of the night with my Mr. Destructoid helmet, but
alas, the eyes fell off AGAIN and I have to find another ay to glue them on. Modeling
cement and hot glue have both failed me, but hot glue not so much as the cement.
Regardless, I’m sad.

Every time they turned the camera on the computer to show the camera, it created that
weird picture within a picture within a picture effect, which I lovingly dubbed “breaking the
Innernets.” And there was also the introduction of Polo Guy, who by all accounts, must be
Dr. Boa. It only makes sense, people.

I did a rave that involved me flickering my lights and making techno sounds. It went over
okay, I think.

Yes, I did get nekkid on the Stickam chat (I had stuff covering my junk, don’t worry), but
only because droobies had done it first and I was practically being pressured by people the
entire night to do it, so this gave me an excuse. The end result was much praise and love.

Speaking of droobies, he kept the Stickam chat going with some great music. He’s
available to DJ birthday parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs and high school proms. Call
1-800-DROOBIES to make an appointment.

I learned how awesome pillow forts are last night, as well as that Charlie Punch is a
popular party game out on the West Coast. I wish I could have been there.

Rio is apparently madly in love with Chad, which is fine by me. As best friend forever laws
dictate, I believe I’m supposed to be best man at Chad’s wedding anyways, so when you
two set a date, let me know. ;)

I actually was surprised that virtualgirl was out at the NARP, but it was cool to see her. She
seems really nice, though I wonder if Dutch saw the neck-licking from Hamza earlier in the
night… :p

Chatting on Vent and Stickam at the same time is hard stuff. In the future, I’m only picking
one and sticking with it.

Puppet, Pedro and Riser all brought the desu last night, but it wasn’t enough, because
there’s never enough. No exceptions.

I checked out around 4 a.m. EST to try and get some sleep, and apparently I missed the
epic tiff/Dyson wrestling match. It was the stuff of legend.

For more, check out reaprar’s recap video.

Thanks for all the lulz last night, everyone. I loves you all, too. I look forward to being on
the other end of the camera at the next NARP.

UPCOMING HOT NARP ON NARP ACTION
Great Lakes – March 1-2 – The Lark-Cave/Niles, MI
East Coast – March 8 – Phist’s place/Astoria, NYC, NY
Video Games Live/Ohio Valley – July 18 – Louisville, KY



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topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:30
topgeargorilla
I was there, but got that awkward quiet/tired drunk feeling, and wasn't very funny/interesting. I was on the Stickum! But nobody saw!
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:32
Guagloves
I would go to MI but I am still in school then. Damn.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:39
Brian Szabelski
Guagloves, you're in the Chicago area, right?
riomccarthy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:41
riomccarthy
XD Omg, Nihon, you're totally the best man and Virtualgirl is my maid of honor. Or she is now, because she's awesome. =P It was a great time getting to hang with everyone. We have to do it again soon!
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:42
vexed alex
BALLS OR GTFO.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:44
Samit Sarkar
Great recap, it was one hell of an epic night. I stuck around until around 5:20 AM EST, so I missed the epic wrestling match. Oh, well. I can’t wait for Phist’s birthday; by subway, I can be there in less than an hour (by car, it’s less than a half hour from here).
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:47
Samit Sarkar
Also, I completely missed you and droobies being naked. It must’ve taken place while I was on the phone with Ron for 45 minutes.
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:50
Teta
What about gay rave party with flashing lights on your stickam window?
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 00:57
vexed alex
There was nothing heterosexual going on yesterday. And even still it was epic win.

Destructoid is the only exclusive place to see side-balls live. Take that as a negative or a positive. It doesn't matter because we have the exclusive!
ceark's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:11
ceark
yeah I think that pressure was my fault >.>
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:12
Brian Szabelski
Oh shit, I almost forgot about that, Teta! *edits in*
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:19
Aziel13
awesome
13thDragon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:23
13thDragon
Yeah it was super gay, yet still super awesome. Hmmm.... Does that make me gay?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:27
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Samit Sarkar: Of that 45 minutes, most of it was just bullshit? AMIRIGHT?!
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:34
pendelton21
HOLY SHIT, I TOTALLY KNOW YOU, TOO LAWL!!!1!!!11111!!!1!!!1
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 01:41
Brian Szabelski
@pendelton: AAAAH LOL
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 04:09
Takeshi
Where are your drawings Nihon? I like your Shark (this sounds disturbing...)
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 07:17
LarkOhiya
Larp-cave would have been cooler, but oh well.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 09:32
Guagloves
@NihonTiger90

I live in Minnesota. MI wouldn't be that long of a flight for me at all. I'm not sure if I would want to drive there.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/25/2008 13:14
Darren Nakamura
No worries, I was there and I somehow missed the .tiff/Dyson wrestling match. But I did get to see the outcome of it.
Virtualgirl's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/26/2008 15:41
Virtualgirl
I missed .tiff and Dyson wrestling too! What were we doing Dexter?!?!?! Yeah! I get to be a bridesmaid in Rio's wedding!!
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