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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. - ROUND 2, MATCH 10 Brian Szabelski | 11:27 PM on 01.23.2008 22 comments

It's been a great week so far. A busy as hell one, but a great one none the less. I got a shout-out from the robot-in-chief, which has made my entire month (thanks, Niero!), got my review copy of Samurai Warriors Katana today (jealous, Jim? Not really? *sigh* OK...) and had an overall good day. I'm also now roommate-less, as my roommate has moved out to room with a friend of his from high school. Turns out his friend and his friend's roommate were not getting a long at well and were almost at the point of fighting, so he decided to help his buddy out. I don't mind, since it now means I have a room all to myself. Epic party? Yes. But none of that really matters right now, because we've got a tournament to take care of... a Worst. Character. Ever. Tournament. We're now 3/4 of the way through Round 2 and started the second round of Tingle Bracket competition. Who's the first quarterfinalist in this bracket? ROUND 2 – MATCH 9 (Tingle Bracket) (16) Lara Croft - 1 vote (8) Aerosmith – 15 votes Breathe easy, Tomb Raider fans. Lara's gone. Aerosmith moves on to the next round... but just who do they face? I always let her die in GoldenEye. vs. Doesn't he just look so... shitty? Natalya takes on Kao in Match 10. Vote now! (Voting ends 12:00 a.m., January 26, 2008)