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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.

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.

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Worst. Character. Ever. - QUARTERFINALS, MATCH 2 Brian Szabelski | 11:27 PM on 01.31.2008 25 comments

It's kind of sad to think that in three weeks, this will all be over. Yes, on February 23rd, we will have the final revealing of the Worst. Character. Ever. winner alongside an epic re-cap and perhaps a taste of what will come when I do the second tournament. I'm currently reworking and tweaking the tournament to make it even better and more community involved. I'll give you one hint, though: The bracket next time may be made of fail, totally on purpose. One of the bracket's I'm potentially considering is nothing like any bracket you've ever seen. It's absolutely chaotic. But before I talk about that... we need to finish this tournament, now in quarterfinal mode. There's only one #1 seed left, and he's up first... but how much longer can Shaq continue on as the last #1 seed? QUARTERFINALS – MATCH 1 (Shaq Bracket) (1) Shaq - 13 votes (6) Shadow the Hedgehog - 17 votes Not long enough. In an epic upset, Shadow the Hedgehog prevails and moves one step away from the finals. But just who will he face? Let's find out! Muerte La Bam vs. The person who came up with this probably got killed. Bam versus Wild Woody! One's made of wood and one's made of skin and bones, but which one's made of fail? Vote now! (Voting ends 12:00 a.m., February 3, 2008)