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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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AIM: NihonTiger90
MSN: hurricane317 at hotmail.com
Skype: NihonTiger90
Twitter: brianszabelski
GMail: brianszabelski at gmail.com
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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)

Psst, more here.

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Worst. Character. Ever. - ROUND 1, MATCH 1 Brian Szabelski | 12:46 AM on 11.14.2007 39 comments

And so it begins. 48 characters enter, but only one shall leave with the with the title of "Worst. Character. Ever." Voting closed Tuesday at midnight, and after everything has been tallied and bracketed, we arrive at the first match-up between two figures on opposite ends of the spectrum. Due to ties, some of these made the list due to coin flips. But here are the six fan voted-in characters: Fan vote #1 - Alex Kidd Fan vote #2 - Pichu Fan vote #3 - Bam Margera Fan vote #4 - Natalya (GoldenEye 007) Fan vote #5 - Aeris Fan vote #6 - Damon Baird (Gears of War) As for the #1 seeds, they are: Shaquille O'Neal Tingle Navi The bracket is in the attached photo below, or if you don't want to wait that long, click here. And with that, begins our first first-round match-up. Voting Voting is simple. You have 48 hours starting from the time this entry is posted to cast a vote for one of the two characters below. Which ever character gets the most votes "wins" the round and moves on. The loser gets to leave and keeps their dignity, because they're not the worst ever. Got it? Good. Then let's begin with First Round Match #1 of 24: vs. Voting begins. NOW. Attached photos: