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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. - ROUND 1, MATCH 16 Brian Szabelski | 10:38 PM on 12.13.2007 14 comments

So I'm done with finals and finally relaxing at home, enjoying a long Christmas break that will let me catch up on my review queue and give me more time to hang out with friends from high school and write more feature stuff, like Does It Suck?, a new feature I'll be debuting shortly, and the Destructoid debut of a feature I've been doing at my other blog for quite some time now. But in between, I'll still be cranking out these Worst. Character. Ever Tournament posts, and tonight is no exception. The NAvi bracket is nearly complete, and it's been incredibly wild, with several upsets so far. Could another one be on the horizon as Crash Bandicoot battles Metal Gear Solid 2's Raiden? ROUND 1 – MATCH 15 (Navi Bracket) (7) Crash Bandicoot - 16 votes (10) Raiden (Metal Gear Solid 2) - 9 votes Answer = yes. Thought it would be the other way around, but alas, Metal Gear Solid 4 seems to have tempered a lot of people's hatred of Raiden. I'm quite surprised. It's time to say goodbye to the Navi Bracket, though, with one final match between these two characters. Who will win? You decide: Are You A Bad Enough Dude To Save The President... 's Daughter? .vs A glove. Seriously, come on. Ashley Graham versus Glover. Let the voting/debate/etc. begin!