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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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What'd You Get? - "Fable II is coming!!!" Edition
Brian Szabelski | 5:36 PM on 10.20.2008 18 comments


And so, Fable II is almost upon us. Which means there's a 99% chance I somehow go into total hibernation over the next few weeks as this game slowly takes over my life. That is, if I can actually find a copy of the game around here and actually have enough to afford it. I, unfortunately, lack the money to run out and go buy it, it seems, so that might have to wait. Until then, though, I'll just have to be content with what I've got.

Which, of course, brings me to What'd You Get?, the C-Blog community feature where we all sit around and show off everything we got over the past week. All you have to do to join is post what you got. Simple as that.

This past week, I sadly didn't get any games, but I did scoop up an old PC from my mom's workplace and might be able to make some use of it as a gaming PC with some upgrades. So yay for that.

As for the rest of you, what'd all of you get?



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Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:16
Darren Nakamura
I just pre-ordered Left 4 Dead, does that count?

Otherwise, I should be getting Fable II in the mail soon.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:24
MrSadistic
Found a couple of Dreamcast games at some charity thing the local church was having. The guy there decided to close up shop and gave them to me for free.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:26
Guagloves
picked up Dead Space. Should be getting Wario Land 4 in the mail soon.
Askherserenity's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:42
Askherserenity
Well, I get to pick up Fable 2 tomorrow! SO EXCITED.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:54
pendelton21
Culdcept Saga, a bunch of Rock Band songs, and a room all to myself.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 18:58
A New Challenger
Did I post last week?

Last Sunday I went to Goodwill and got Resident Evil: Director's Cut (black label) for PS1 and Twisted Metal 2 for PC. Apparently Twisted Metal 2 PC is pretty damn rare.
Chocobo Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:01
Chocobo Knight
Fable II and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia! Something for both work and my lunch break.

SWEET!
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:03
RonBurgandy2010
Saw 1-4 and Saints Row 2.
Cloud09's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:31
Cloud09
Nothing last week for me, but I'll be getting Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia tomorrow.
Def JM's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:32
Def JM
Yeah nothing last week but Fable is tomorrow, and debating on if I have enough money for Dead Space.
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:34
TheDreadHawk
Getting Fable II once i get my friggin' paycheck. GRRrrrr/?R?R?R??R
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 19:50
AngelsDontBurn
I was thinking about getting Fable 2. I never really played the first one and while I paid it off in full, I don't think I'll be picking it up. There are way too many games coming out right now and I don't think I'll have too much fun with it. I'll get it sometime in the future though, when it drops in price. I plan on picking up Castlevania and Far Cry 2 (which didn't interest me at all when I first saw it, things have changed).
brosef's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 20:05
brosef
I pre-ordered Fable II and I can't wait to pick it up tomorrow!!!!

ZOMGZOMGZOMGZOMG
Clockwork-Zombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 20:36
Clockwork-Zombie
I got Chrono Trigger for an amazing $20 and have been loving the game. I also Picked up Ecco the dolphin, Aladdin, Strider and Star control all for the Genesis at a goodwill. Also Link's crossbow training. As well as pointedly not buying the new releases with my lack of money.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 20:44
aborto thefetus
I got Deadspace, a shitload of magic cards, and Rolos
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 20:54
Steel Squirrel
I have Fable 2 and Far Cry 2 fully paid and ready to pick up tomorrow.....

Bad news is.... I got RROD #2 on Friday. =(

I did however, buy an original Xbox on Saturday for 50 bucks and I am enjoying it quite a bit. It might just be my imagination, but the old Xbox games run better on it than on the 360... I think the 360's emulator might suck.

The OG Xbox is a beast though. I missed out on it being a PS2 lover last generation.
SilverDragon1979's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/20/2008 22:34
SilverDragon1979
Resident Evil 4 for the Wii brand new for only $19.99 at Best Buy. :-)
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