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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 - Presents! Edition
Brian Szabelski | 2:10 PM on 02.09.2009 17 comments


So yeah. Presents. There's a reason I got a big box today from my parents, and it has to do with something happening later on this week. Aerox should know what I'm talking about since he has something similar going on. And if you haven't figured out what I'm hinting at yet, then there's a copy of Duke Nukem Forever I'd like to sell you.

But those presents also mean that I got something this week, which is apparently how I am going to segue (and not Segway, sadly) into this week's edition of What'd You Get?, the weekly Dtoid C-Blog feature where we show off what we got because we're cool like that.

As for this week, I got a new camera and the following:




Not bad. Not bad at all. And I already have a good idea that what I'll be getting next week will be pretty much the same as all of you. Hint: It starts with "S" and ends in"TREET FIGHTER IV OMGWTFBBQITSFINALLYHEREYAY!!!!"

That's about it for me. What'd you all get?



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Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 14:28
Guagloves
Got Warioware Mega Microgames and F Zero Gp Legend for cheap. Bought Mega Man 9 on XBLA since I don't have my Wii here at school. Ordered a SFIV fightpad so I can have a real d-pad. That's it.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 14:47
pendelton21
The Maw
R-Type Dimensions
and...
WOLFENSTEIN RPG!!! One of my favorite games that I've played in a long time...AND IT'S A CELL PHONE TITLE!
deletemyaccount's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 14:53
deletemyaccount
I'm picking up Fear 2 on Wednesday. I'm also NOT burning a copy of onechanabra and HOD for the wii ;)
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 15:00
aborto thefetus
Nothing other then Magic cards. Lots and lots of Magic cards.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 15:07
blehman
Thanks to my uncanny number guessing ability and EDS's uncanny number picking contest, I got The Maw and the Fallout 3 DLC.

And I pretty much finished my NIN collection too. I'm only missing four or five singles, teh rest iS MINE!!
Mushman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 16:13
Mushman
I downloaded Crash Team Racing from the PSN store onto my PS3, and it will be played when I have a week with enough time to devote to it, because I love that game. :)
crackity jones's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 16:16
crackity jones
Parappa the Rapper 2
Whitest Kids U Know Season 1
a turn table
my Left 4 Dead package (posters and francis shirt)
new book case
reserved RE5 collectors edition
and I too will more than likely be picking up Street Fighter 4 next week

this was all actually in the last few weeks but I hadn't posted in one of these for a whle
DF's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 16:56
DF
The only thing I got this week was Phantasy Star Portable Demo, and it's not bad so far. And various iPhone games. Whee!

Dammit, your sexy pictures are right by this box! T_T
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 16:58
garison
I found a copy of REZ for the PS2.

Raiden 3 for the PS2.

Psychonauts for the Xbox.

Bioshock on PS3. (My xbox one broke :(

Prince of Persia 1 and 2 for Xbox.

Great week for me :)
HeavyD's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 17:54
HeavyD
This weekend:

Advance Wars
Boktai
Gradius Galaxies
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga
Metroid II
Sonic Advance
Tales of Phantasia
Wario Land 3
Zelda: Links Awakening DX (I've got the original, but I wanted to play it again in colarrz.)

My local used game store was offering 35% on all GB GBC and GBA games. I traded four games I didn't need, and spent an additional $40. I also got R-type Dimensions on XBLA and received Rhythm Tengoku in the mail from Play-Asia. Overkill? Fuck yes. But, in the end I spent around $60 (plus game trades) for this weekends haul. (That's not including the $40 I spent on Rhythm Tengoku when I placed my order about three weeks ago.) So I didn't spent too much, right?
Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 18:30
Daxelman
My copies of Fallout 3 and Resistance 2 came in, and I just bought LocoRoco Cocoreccho!

Weird Shit man, weird shit. Catchy songs though.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 19:01
MrSadistic
lol at Dan Axel Man buying that LR screen saver.

Nothing for me this week Scat Man. Occupying my time 'til the end of the month. I'm praying that SO: TLH doesn't suck. It wasn't on my radar until I realized it came out this month. Now I'm pretty stoked about it.
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 19:15
Atlas
WHADYA GET?!?

I GOTS AN ECONOMIC RECESSION AND LOST ME JOB!

Or something like that.
ChillyBilly's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 19:17
ChillyBilly
Let's see. I picked up:
Spiderman: Web of Shadows at Target on clearance (29.00 bucks)
Viva Pinata: Party Animals (also on clearance at target 19.00 bucks)
Star Wars: TFU.
The first three Friday the 13th movies (re-released, remastered AND in 3-D!!! Well, part 3 is)
That new R-Type game on Live and...

THIS!!!


12 bucks from GOODWILL!! Will be here Wednesday! WOOT!
Steel Squirrel's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 22:44
Steel Squirrel
I bought Stranglehold for $8.75 at Gamestop. I then played it about 4 levels in, was really getting into it, and then realized when I quit out to the main menu... that I forgot to sign in when I started playing.

All of that progress lost... ARGH. I am going to go back through it again tonight, but that shit is irritating.
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/09/2009 22:48
welkstar
I reconnected with an old love and bought a new (old) Gameboy Advance SP. Also, Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and Sigma Star Saga.

Annndddd... on Chad's recommendation, ordered Capcom's Gameboy masterpiece; Gargoyle's Quest. AMAZING!
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