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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 6 Brian Szabelski | 11:16 PM on 01.15.2008 18 comments

Ventrilo chat is seriously the best thing ever. I've been sitting in there most of the eveing while the Dtoid Staff was having their meeting, and it's been a hilarious time. I normally wouldn't have been in there, but I finally gots myself a nice PC headset that actually works, and it cost me less than what I paid for the crappy one from Best Buy. But while in chat, I've been writing up the latest results from the Worst. Character. Ever. Tournament. But who won? Let's find out: ROUND 2 – MATCH 5 (Navi Bracket) (16) Sora - 12 votes (8) Barbie - 11 votes Holy hell, Sora won by one vote. I honestly thought Barbie would've won... but the Kingdom Hearts hatred runs deep. And so, Sora moves on to the next round. But who will he face? Wilford Brimley's Favorite Superhero vs. The only historical figure left in the tournament Captain Novolin battles Custer in the next match of Round 2. Voting begins now! (Voting for this match will go until 12:00 a.m. on January 18, 2008.)