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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
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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 3 Brian Szabelski | 11:31 PM on 02.02.2008 29 comments

Well, we just got done with the last Shitty Movie Night, which was totally worth it. Next week, to celebrate the release of Barkley: Shut Up and Jam Gaiden, we'll hopefully be watching Slam Dunk Ernest, if only because it's one of the crappier Ernest movies and it has Kareen Abdul-Jabar as the Archangel of Basketball. No, I'm not making it up. IMDB that shit. On top of that, I changed my icon and banner. I don't know if it's good or not, so let me know what you think. But now that the film is over and I'm done having my lulz, it's time to continue with the Worst. Character. Ever. Quarterfinals. The last match saw Shadow knock out the last remaining #1 seed to reach the semis, but who will he face? QUARTERFINALS – MATCH 2 (Shaq Bracket) (11) Bam Margera - 17 votes (15) Wild Woody - 6 votes A bit of a surprise here, but Bam moves on, setting up the first semifinal: SEMIFINAL – MATCH 1 (Shaq Bracket) (6) Shadow the Hedgehog vs. (11) Bam Margera With one-third of the quarterfinals complete, we move on to the two quarterfinals in the Navi Bracket. Four characters remain in that tournament, but just who will move one step closer to eternal shame? Nobody cares about him for a reason vs. Hopefully, he won't win by coin flip... Sora and Custer lock horns! Cast your vote now! (Voting ends 12:00 a.m., February 5, 2008)