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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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Punch-Out! featuring Mike Tyson


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(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)

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What'd You Get? - Third Anniversary C-Blog Party Edition
Brian Szabelski | 11:00 AM on 03.16.2009 15 comments


I think it's someone's birthday today. I'm not quite sure, who, though. Someone who writes for this site, I think. Someone kind of important, right? Hmm, let me think about this for a second...







... Still thinking ...







... Almost there...









Ah, that's right. It's Nex's birthday. Happy birthday, Nex!

But it's not just birthday time around these parts. It's show us what you got time, thanks to the unstoppable force known as What'd You Get? If you're new to this Destructoid thing and want to play along, here what you do: tell us what you got below in the comments, be it through pictures or simple text. That's it. Simple, right?

This week, I ended up with the following:



Don't worry, it's a review copy. Calm down.

Anyways, that's it for me this week. What did all of you get?



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JohnnyViral's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:15
JohnnyViral
Sadly no games. Just some materials and things for cosplay.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:17
MrSadistic
It's not a review copy, liar.

As for me, I got RE 5 for the PS3 at Walmart since I now have a strong distrust for the Best Buy that just opened near me. Also, while at said Walmart I found a sole copy of Zack & Wiki for 10 bucks over at their "discounted games" display just looking all lonely and waiting for me to pick up.

I also got my video card fixed for my new super, sweet computer that I got last week.
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:18
Diverse
Resident Evil 5

I also ordered Lost Odyssey last night along with a copy of Castle of Shikigami III.
crimson diabolik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:21
crimson diabolik
Big week for me last week, got Ace Combat 6, B-Boy for ps2, GTA 4:The Lost and Damned, Resident Evil 5 Collector's Edition, Madworld and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.

Also, in non gaming related purchases, I got the Watchmen Motion Comic on DVD.
Gibbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:22
Gibbo
RESIDENT EVIL 5.
Mushman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:37
Mushman
Persona 4, amazingly, it did'nt take Sqare Enix months to bring it over to England, which is the case in most JRPG releases.

It's fantastic, IMHO, one of the best RPG's in years!
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:38
Guagloves
Finally got Warioware: Twisted in the mail. It fucking rules. Also Madworld.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:39
Y0j1mb0
Funny Sadistic mentioned Zack & Wiki because I decided to actually play my copy of it and it's AWESOME. If not a bit hard.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 11:40
Brian Szabelski
@Yojimbo: Yes! That games deserves all the love in the world.
Riegel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 12:03
Riegel88
I got Persona 3:FES (finally!) .hack vol 1:infection, and Valkyrie Profile 2.
Daxelman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 12:07
Daxelman
I got a Wallet.

And a burning sensation under my left eyebrow...
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 14:54
Krow
I didn't buy anything, but I rented Resident Evil 5 and I'm having a blast with it. I also started up a playthrough of Kingdom Hearts II.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 15:06
eternalplayer2345
I got nothing but my friend got RE5 and I've been playing his copy.
Haxan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 15:08
Haxan
Resident Evil 5, a Sega Saturn (still need suggestions for games, anyone?), Star Tropics for NES. And I also got Dead Rising. For the Xbox.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/16/2009 15:41
RonBurgandy2010
I got............huh.............I don't think I got anything.

Thank God.
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