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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 4 Brian Szabelski | 12:46 AM on 02.05.2008 22 comments

It's raining outside. Normally, that wouldn't mean much, but when the ground is liquefied and cover with about a half inch of standing water... it's not good at all. In fact, there's a flood watch out for the area for the possibility that we might get a flood. I personally don't want to see one only because it'd mean my car is underwater. And that's not good. Thankfully, a flood cannot stop the Worst. Character. Ever. Tournament unless it's a flood of information about how the tournamen is going. In fact, we've got just that: QUARTERFINALS – MATCH 3 (Navi Bracket) (16) Sora - 17 votes 19 (5) Custer - 6 votes 8 And it's Kingdom Hearts' lead hero/heroine moving on. See what I did there? I made a funny on how Square Enix's characters all look like girls. With half of the quarterfinals complete, we move on to the last three quarterfinal match-ups, continuing in the Navi Bracket. Which three move on to the semifinals? You decide, starting with: Everyone loves a lame knock-off vs. Mickey called. He wants his glove back. Sora and Glover duke it out! Cast your vote now! (Voting ends 12:00 a.m., February 7, 2008)