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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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Velocity Micro Giveaway Contest - The Longshot Entry Brian Szabelski | 12:30 AM on 12.23.2007 15 comments

And so this is it. The final chance to enter that contest. The final chance at glory, at a brand new computer. Boy, do I ever need one. My clunker is barely able to do two things at the same time, and it's miraculous that the thing even works on some days. I've been tempted on occassion to throw it straight out the window But, given the greatness of so many other entries, I began to wonder: what could I cook up to stand out? To get noticed so that I might be blessed with some recognition. And then it dawned on me. What if I made something? Not just something, but something that took time, took effort, took skill to create. Something attempted and completed by some in the past, and perhaps something that could stand out from the crowd. And so, I went to work on it over the past two days, until finally, I got my desired result. And now, I present to you, my entry, hopefully at least second-prize quality: *drumroll* And if you're wondering, I did make the Destructoid helmet completely on my own out of materials I had around the house. It took approx. 4 hours working time to complete and it looks awesome, even though cutting out that grill was a pain in the ass and I had almost given up on it. I'm also taking it with me to Ohayocon in January, so if you're going and you see a Mr. Destructoid walking around the convention, that's me. Bonus pics? Yes, I have them for you. Attached photos: