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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
MySpace: Click
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.

Gamer Profile

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Mii: 1555-3898-0488-3828
Gamertag: NihonTiger90

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Please allow me to introduce myself Brian Szabelski | 6:03 PM on 08.18.2007 7 comments

Why hello there, Destructoid reader. I'm not sure how you stumbled upon my blog, but welcome! I know you're probably wondering by now, "just who the hell is this jackass and what does he want?" Well, I'm about to tell you exactly who I am, so keep your looking balls locked on the screen and read along: I'm Brian Szabelski, assistant gaming editor at Blogcritics.org/Web editor of the BG News/independent blogger/international man of mystery and gaming. I've been a gamer for over 15 years, going all the way back to the first time I saw that Super Nintendo and Game Boy under the Christmas tree. In my gaming exploits, I've played games on just about every console ever made since 1980 and made many a game my personal bitch. Those that I haven't... well, fuck them. I'll get to them one day. I like old-school games like Super Off Road and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but I also like new-school stuff like Katamari Damacy and Okami. Super Mario Bros. 3 is my pick for greatest game ever f'n made, and the wrost game is a piece of unholy shit named Barbie Super Model that my sisters once rented from Family Video. This blog is going to be dedicated to video games and all other kinds of cool shit I might find in my daily Interweb travels, so be sure to check back every day or you'll miss all the cool stuff. And you don't want to do that, do you?