Quantcast
Destructoid - Brian Szabelski's Community Blog




About Me



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
MySpace: Click
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.
Gamer Profile
3DS friend code:
Steam:
Battle:
PSN:
Mii: 1555-3898-0488-3828
Gamertag: NihonTiger90
Following (72)
A New Challenger
Aaron Linde
Aaron Mxy Yost
aborto thefetus
Aertyr
Aktrez
Anthony Burch
atheistium
BFeld13
BigPopaGamer
BlindsideDork
BluDesign
Bob Muir
Brad Rice
Brian Szabelski
Butmac
CannibalCalvin
Chad Concelmo
charliesuh
CheapyD
Cheeburga
ChrisFurniss
Conrad Zimmerman
Coonskin05
Cowzilla3
Cutie Honey
Dale North
DJDuffy
DtoidCincinnati
Electro Lemon
Faith
GuitarAtomik
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Hollie Bennett
Jim Sterling
Jordan Devore
Justin Villasenor
Kannaya
king3vbo
Knivy
Knyte
LarkOhiya
LostCrichton
Maurice Tan
mid3vol
MissHinasaki
Neonie
niacin
Nick Chester
Niero
nintendoll
pendelton21
pinksage
power-glove
randombullseye
riomccarthy
Riser Glen
Rockvillian
Samit Sarkar
Sharpless
shipero
Snaileb
tazarthayoot
Team Fortress 2
The Incredible Edible Egg
Tiff
Topher Cantler
Ub3rSlug
Virtualgirl
wardrox
Y0j1mb0
Yashoki
What'd You Get? - Promotion Edition
Brian Szabelski | 10:20 PM on 04.20.2009 8 comments


Updating your resume is often not a good thing. Well, that is unless you just got a promotion like I did.

Go on. Go over to Tomopop. I'm not spoiling it for you. I'm sure none of you even noticed anyways. :p

So while I just got a whole dump truck full of new responsibility this past week (as well as had an incredible time at the Distant Worlds concert in Grand Rapids), i'm sure the Dtoid community got quite a few nice things, too, right? And now's your time to tell us what you got via What'd You Get?, the weekly community feature where you tell us all what you got. Wait, why did I just repeat myself...

Anyways, the lines are open. Have at it, Dtoid Army!



Is this post awesome? Vote it up!

0



Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:

Comment with Facebook





Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid





New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

8 comments | showing # 1 to 8
prev next

garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2009 22:57
garison
Oh my God so much stuff. I'm not even going to list them. I have to get around to taking pictures and making a blog though.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2009 23:28
MrSadistic
Just got a bunch of iPod games, and uh that's about it.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2009 23:35
Funktastic
I got me some TOMOPOP prizes, Final Fantasy Potions, Rare PlayStation stuff, etc. I'll let you take a look at it here! And congratulations Mr. Features Editor! d('-'d)
Walrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 00:15
Walrus
I got Demigod, and while I preordered Zeno Clash back on the 50% off sale, it comes out tomorrow. Demigod, I have yet to try, am downloading it right now.
el-scotto's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 01:41
el-scotto
I went out looking for SMT Digital Devil Saga 2 but I found REZ and SMT nocturne instead :p
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 08:50
Char Aznable
I have Fable II in the mail from Goozex, and I'm buying the shit out of Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 today when I get home from work. Woo!
Haxan's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 09:36
Haxan
Yeah, the odd thing is that all of my gaming purchases of the last week you were there for. Maniac Mansion and Top Gun for the NES.

Congrats on the promotion! And they say that nobody's moving upwards in this wintry economic climate. Way to prove them wrong!
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/21/2009 14:50
Guagloves
Guitar Hero Metallica because I cannot resist it's setlist.
prev next

Comment with Facebook





Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid





New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

Comments policy

Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?

Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!