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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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Worst. Character. Ever - SEMIFINALS, MATCH 3
Brian Szabelski | 11:35 PM on 02.14.2008 21 comments


Today is Valentine's Day, a day when we put our hatred of things aside and come together in the name of love. Therefore, in the spirit of the day, I refuse to do the third semifinal, because we've got to be all about love!

















Oh wait, it's past midnight? Well, fuck that. Continue on as normal.

We're deep in semifinal action, preparing for next Tuesday's big three-way battle to determine who reigns supreme as the shittiest. You've already put the Tony Hawk series' Bam Margera into the finals, but who will join him?

SEMIFINALS – MATCH 2 (Navi Bracket)

(16) Sora - 13 votes
(15) Glover - 21 votes

You made it pretty clear - the glove has got to go, as in go on to the finals. Glover joins Bam Margera there, but there's one spot left. Two entrants remain, but only one cam move on for the right to be the worst ever. Will it be:



or



Semifinal #3... Aerosmith vs. Tak... vote for the third and final finalist now!

(Voting ends 12:00 a.m., February 17, 2008)



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Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/14/2008 23:40
Guagloves
I have no idea who Tak is, so I have to go with Aerosmith.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/14/2008 23:43
MrSadistic
I can't believe Sora didn't make it, wtf.

Anyway, I pick Aerosmith. Also, that picture of Tak gives me a sudden urge to kill.
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/14/2008 23:52
Gangles
I vote for Sora again, grrrrr

Tak I suppose
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/14/2008 23:54
Wedge
I guess it's two retards barely related to games and Micha---

What the fuck man? WHY DID YOU NOT HAVE MICHAEL JACKSON IN THIS? GOOD GOD IT'S ALL A SHAM!!! I think we should say Glover is Michael's glove, and have him wear it for the finale. Otherwise it's just a throwaway entry.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 00:22
Samit Sarkar
Taaaaaak
Chaosye's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 00:22
Chaosye
Aerosmith.
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 00:24
SourGr8pes
Aerosmith can at least put out the hits when inspired by cocaine. And that picture of Tak also inspires me to great levels of fury.

Tak all the way.
Upgrayedd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 00:24
Upgrayedd
Aerosmith
sleepingagain's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 00:40
sleepingagain
Aerosmith
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 01:12
vexed alex
Who the fuck is Tak? I go for Aerosmith on account of ignorance.
JRisJunior's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 01:15
JRisJunior
jesus this is getting so hard!!!

aerosmith
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 03:20
Darren Nakamura
Tak. He's super lame. Aerosmith at least has some decent songs, despite their awful game (which I liked).
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 04:05
Atlas
Tony Hawk
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 07:28
aborto thefetus
Tak. That picture of him just set me off into an uncontrollable rage.
myaimistrue's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 07:32
myaimistrue
Tak! Aerosmith has ONE (1) good song, and that totally saves them from being the worst something, even though they are awful...
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 08:39
blehman
Post 1985-Aerosmith.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 08:57
Eschatos
Aerosmith.
Hitogoroshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 09:46
Hitogoroshi
Aerosmith
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/15/2008 16:02
SWE3tMadness
Tak.

Aerosmith's bad game is outweighed by their good music.
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