create an account   |   login

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 (71)

Where in the World is NihonTiger? - Clue Set #2 Brian Szabelski | 9:29 PM on 10.27.2008 30 comments

So, I bet you've all been waiting for the next set of clues for my contest, right? Or at least that's what I hope you have been doing. Really, you haven't? You sure? Well, here they are anyways. As for the rules, remember the following: - Dtoid/Tomopop/Jtor editors are not eligible. - No cheating. You cheat and I find out, you and those who helped are not only DQed from every future contest I own, but you lose your prize. - One guess per post. - First person to guess correctly wins it all. Some of you are close. One guesser in particular was only a handful of miles off, but close doesn't cut it. Sorry. :p So here we go with the clues. First clue is pretty simple. These numbers all are related to where I'm moving: 2, 6, 57, 58, 90, 611 They are not random. They have a meaning. Figure out the meaning, even if you have to Google it, and you will know the answer to my question. The second clue relates to the area's history. What is it? France and Connecticut. Find out what the two have in common and you'll be that much closer to finding my new home. Also, as told in IRC by people bugging me for clues: It's somewhere most of you probably don't know. It's a city. It's not Plano, Texas. Sorry, Lemon. Begin guessing in 3... 2... 1... GO!