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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 12 Brian Szabelski | 11:56 PM on 01.27.2008 19 comments

This semester has been rougher than expected. My internship has kept me busy, and on top of that, I've got a class that requires me to cover a beat that doesn't have a lot of stories (and I have to write 5 of them throughout the semester), plus all the usual schoolwork. I'm lucky if I get to bed before 1 a.m. on most nights. That, of course, explains why I'm usually so late with the Worst. Character. Ever. stuff, but it's here, and here are the results of the last match: ROUND 2 – MATCH 11 (Tingle Bracket) (6) Cheetahmen - 8 votes (11) Superman - 11 votes Not much of a surprise, Superman moves on. Not even the sweet memory of Death and Return of Superman could save the Man of Steel from fate. And now, we move to the last match of Round 2, which will determine Superman's opponent. Who moves on? You decide: And you thought Pikachu was annoying... vs. Why did Nick give him a cartoon? Srsly? Round 2 comes to a head! Pichu vs. Tak! Vote now! (Voting ends 12:00 a.m., January 30, 2008)