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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? - Mega Man 9 Edition
Brian Szabelski | 1:27 PM on 09.22.2008 22 comments


Yes, it's Monday, and that can only mean one thing: I post What'd You Get?, and everyone tells me what they got this week. It's pretty simple to play along if you're new to the site, and if you're not... well, you ought to know the drill by now.

Anyways, this upcoming week is looking particular busy when it comes to games I am interested in, namely on the Wii. And since I am pretty much the only guy reviewing Wii games for the site I work for... I might be a bit busy this week.

As evidence by the title, I did indeed buy



And I also have added to my collection













So that's it for me this week. What'd all of you get?



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Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 13:50
Y0j1mb0
Give me your Descent II now.
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 13:52
Colette Bennett
/facepalm

You actually bought Infinite Undiscovery?
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 13:55
MrSadistic
I've played a few of the Decent games. I still have Decent III laying around from when I first got my old-ass Gateway a while back.

I'm still debating on getting Mega Man 9 or Wipeout HD this week. It's bad enough Burnout Paradise is also coming out this week on the PSN store. Dang my wallet is going to get plenty raped.
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 13:57
Mr Wilson
Lol. Im getting another Dreamcast in a few minutes. Its the black one with 3 controllers, 3 vmus, a steering wheel, and 60 games (20 originals and 40 back ups). All that shit for $50. Also, gotta pick up Lego Batman this week. For some reason Im dying to play that.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 13:58
Y0j1mb0
*whispers*

Psssst...Sadistic, get WipEout HD
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:00
Kryptinite
Nothing..I'm getting nothing all week.

Maybe an engagement ring.

Mr. Wilson ain't getting shit.
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:08
Mr Wilson
Lol fuck you Kryp.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:09
MrSadistic
are you two getting married to each other?? just to let you know I support your decision and I'm ok with it just not the butt sex
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:23
Guagloves
Ordered the Gitaroo Man yesterday, considering getting Mega Man 9. I should play the original games first to decide.
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:25
Guagloves
*I meant the Gitaroo Man soundtrack. Because it's awesome.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:30
Funktastic
Nice haul Nihon! Since it is indeed "your" blog and all, I'm going to ask permission first, lol. I was wondering if you cared if I did a "What'd You Get?" on like fridays or saturdays? As I do tend to get some pretty big/epic hauls. Or some sort of variation and such?
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:34
pendelton21
Xbawks 360, Castle Crashers, Bioshock, The Darkness, and might just have to get Carcasonne in a sec. BEST WEEKEND EVEEEERRRRR!!!!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:50
Darren Nakamura
I just picked up Mega Man 9 this morning, as well as Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free.
Dead Movie Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:50
Dead Movie Star
I got Megaman 9.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 14:57
Darren Nakamura
Oh yeah, and I got Bionic Commando (NES) in the mail and I'll probably get Kirby Superstar Ultra today.

I'm also expecting Rhythm Tengoku Gold in the mail from Pink Godzilla...
IceMax's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 15:06
IceMax
MM9, looking to get Civ4: colonization Wednesday.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 15:12
king3vbo
You, good sir, have made excellent choices. We need to play some Multiwinia sometime
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 15:35
Batthink
Got Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for the PSP. And realised how difficult it is to pull off a Dragon Punch on the D-pad...
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 15:50
eternalplayer2345
megaman 9 is enough for me so good.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 16:30
Brian Szabelski
@Colette: No, it's a review copy. I got that shit for free. :D
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 16:47
Wexx
Well, I get MEGAMAN 9 DUH! I'm also probably gonna be getting a 360 and a boatload of stuff for that sometime this week, Grant money makes me happy ^_^
Qalamari's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2008 22:56
Qalamari
MM9 (so good!) and a vintage Tengen copy of NES Rolling Thunder for 4 bucks. I can't remember if that's the good one or not. Guess I'll find out after I finish with all the jumping and shooting... oh wait.
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