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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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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)

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Worst. Character. Ever. - EPILOGUE Brian Szabelski | 11:44 PM on 02.23.2008 23 comments

This, my friend, is the end. Over three months, you have made your choices, you have spoke your voices, and you have made some noises, but it'; all come down to this. Tonight, we unveil the ultimate "winner" of the tournament. But first, let's take a trip back down memory lane: The birth of the tournament ROUND 1 Match 1 - Shaquille O'Neal vs. Toad Match 2 - E.T. vs. Big the Cat Match 3 - 343 Guilty Spark vs. Ryu (Street Fighter) Match 4 - Shadow the Hedgehog vs. Clown Man Match 5 - Bubsy vs. Bam Margera Match 6 - Slippy Toad vs. Spring Man Match 7 - Liu Kang vs. Maxi Match 8 - Duck Hunt Dog vs. Wild Woody Match 9 - Navi vs. Sora Match 10 - Barbie vs. Tidus Match 11 - Link vs. Captain Novolin Match 12 - General Custer vs. Amy Rose Match 13 - Alex Kidd vs. Johnny Cage Match 14 - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger vs. Shotoclone Army Match 15 - Crash Bandicoot vs. Raiden (MGS2) Match 16 - Ashley Graham vs. Glover Match 17 - Tingle vs. Lara Croft Match 18 - Aersomith vs. Damon Baird Match 19 - Princess Peach vs. Natalya Match 20 - Kao Kangaroo vs. Yamato Man Match 21 - Cheetahmen vs. Sigma Match 22 - Aeris vs. Superman Match 23 - Pichu vs. Wood Man Match 24 - Boogerman vs. Tak ROUND 2 Match 1 - Shaquille O'Neal vs. Big the Cat Match 2 - 343 Guilty Spark vs. Shadow the Hedgehog Match 3 - Bam Margera vs. Slippy Toad Match 4 - Maxi vs. Wild Woody Match 5 - Sora vs. Barbie Match 6 - Captain Novolin vs. General Custer Match 7 - Alex Kidd vs. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Match 8 - Crash Bandicoot vs. Glover Match 9 - Lara Croft vs. Aerosmith Match 10 - Natalya vs. Kao Kangaroo Match 11 - Cheetahmen vs. Superman Match 12 - Pichu vs. Tak QUARTERFINALS Match 1 - Shaquille O'Neal vs. Shadow the Hedgehog Match 2 - Bam Margera vs. Wild Woody Match 3 - Sora vs. General Custer Match 4 - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger vs. Glover Match 5 - Aersomith vs. Kao Kangaroo Match 6 - Superman vs. Tak SEMIFINALS Match 1 - Shadow the Hedgehog vs. Bam Margera Match 2 - Sora vs. Glover Match 3 - Aersomith vs. Tak TRIPLE THREAT THROWDOWN OF TERROR (FINALS) Bam Margera vs. Glover vs. Aerosmith Fun times, huh? The polls are closed. The votes have been counted, and a winner has been decided. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the Worst. Character. Ever... Bam Margera of the Tony Hawk series! FINAL TALLY Bam Margera - 18 votes Glover - 11 votes Aerosmith - 2 votes Glover kept it close for so long, but in the end, Bam just pulled away in the end to take the title of Worst. Character. Ever. ... For now. Thanks to your support, Worst. Character. Ever. will return in the future. When... I don't know, but it will be an incredible experience, a tournament the likes you've never seen before. 64 characters will duke it out, including all three of tonight's finalists. And it will be epic. Worst. Character. Ever. II - Expect Teh Unexpected. Again, thank you to everyone who's voted and followed along. I truly appreciate it, because without your support, this would've died in November. :) Attached photos: