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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.

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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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Brian Szabelski | 1:24 AM on 10.12.2009 14 comments




I think those of you who know me know that there's a game coming out this month I'm interested in. It's something I've been putting a little money away for and something I'll soon be able to add to my collection. Putting off purchases and all that jazz. So let me tell you about what I got:

This week? Forza 3 pre-ordered. No, I didn't get a free copy or anything like that, and honestly, that's not such a bad thing because I can go out and get the limited collector's edition instead with all those nice little bonus cars. Yay!

I don't know if I'll be getting much else once I get Forza 3 because it ought to be enough to keep me entertained for the next couple months, but I might get a few small games here and there.

What'd all of you get this week?



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Mike Moran's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 01:53
Mike Moran
I'm gonna be picking up some Brutal Legend and be taking in a big ass haul of a trade with some 10+ games in it.
Ckarasu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 02:38
Ckarasu
Demon's Souls. Pretty damn fun for me.
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 03:29
Diverse
Not anything this week.

My 360 red-ringed so I'm busting out my SNES(WHICH I GOT NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO AND IT STILL WORKS LIKE BRAND NEW) and playing some old favorites on it.
GrumpyTurtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 06:41
GrumpyTurtle
I went Retro Game shopping for my birthday and got a mix of crap and good. Iron Sword, Monster Party, TMNT2, Golgo 13, Codename Viper, and my friend insisted I get Fighting Golf(which much to his sadness had zero fighting) and Bible Adventures.

I threw baby Moses in the water a lot. Intentionally.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 08:55
Tubatic
Way of the Samurai 3. I seek it.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 09:15
MrSadistic
Besides Demon's Souls, nothing for me. But I am getting Uncharted 2 tomorrow, so that's pretty spiffy. Also, Borderlands comes out next week too, so I can't wait for that one as well.
mourning orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 11:01
mourning orange
I got Operation Flashpoint 2, the Oddworld games, and pre-ordered Borderlands.

Cake.
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 12:54
ShawnKelfonne
Magnacarta 2. I actually like it a lot more than the original.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 14:07
vexed alex
I'm with you. Forza 3 is all I'm honestly interested in now.

I decided against Modern Warfare 2. I'm not paying the Activision tax on the PC version.
Sean Carey's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 14:38
Sean Carey
Demon's Souls, which is one of those games I'll complete in chunks over then next 3-4 months -- well worth the purchase.

Gonna grab Brutal Legend tomorrow as well!
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 17:25
Puppy Licks
I got nothing because I spent all my money moving house.

Nihon, do you have the wheel to play Forza on? If not would you consider getting it for Forza 3?
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 20:38
Guagloves
Brutal Legend and The Bigs 2. Woop.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/12/2009 22:29
Brian Szabelski
"I'm with you. Forza 3 is all I'm honestly interested in now."

You better be ready to race. :)
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