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Joseph Szadkowski

Joseph Szadkowski

A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in communications, Joseph Szadkowski has written about popular culture for The Washington Times for the past 30 years. He covers video games, comic books, new media and technology. 

 

Articles by Joseph Szadkowski

Irving Berlin's White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition is on Blu-ray. (Courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment)

ZADZOOKS GIFT GUIDE: Best of Blu-ray and DVD (holidays)

Gift ideas for holiday film and television fans include Holiday Inn, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition and Irving Berlin's White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition. Published December 5, 2014

Soldiers go high-tech in the first person shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

ZADZOOKS: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review

The epic franchise continues to finely tune a gamer's ability to terminate evil humans while delivering a Michael-Bay-sized assault on the senses through a blockbuster-style story campaign. Published November 21, 2014

A Nemean Lion challenges a demigod in the film Hercules, now available in Blu-ray.

ZADZOOKS: Hercules review (Blu-ray)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as one of the beefiest heroes of Roman and Greek mythology in a swords and sandals epic worthy of home entertainment centers. Published November 12, 2014

A stylish witch packing heat returns in the Wii U videoo game Bayonetta 2.

ZADZOOKS: Bayonetta 2 review

A stylish witch returns to vanquish angels and demons in an action-packed, third-person adventure for mature Wii U owners. Published November 8, 2014

Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie as the famed Disney viallian is now on Blu-ray. (Courtesy of Walt Disney Home Video)

ZADZOOKS: Maleficent review (Blu-ray)

Sleeping Beauty's primary nemesis starred in a live-action movie earlier this year, brought to life with the celebrity firepower of Angelina Jolie, that now arrives in the Blu-ray format. Published November 7, 2014

Krimson City Police Detective Sebastian Castellanos can not hide from a mutated creature in the video game The Evil Within.

ZADZOOKS: The Evil Within review

Shinji Mikami, the patriarch of survival horror games, returns with a third person adventure filled with exploration, action and grotesque encounters. Published October 28, 2014

Vampires battle humans in Medieval Underworld at Bennett's Curse in Jessup, Maryland. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)

Best Halloween Horror Attraction: Bennett’s Curse (Jessup, Maryland)

Although walking up to a 40-foot-tall, 22,500-square-foot white fabric structure in Blob's Park (centered between D.C. and Baltimore in Jessup, Maryland) does not scream Halloween, the three movie set-like environments it contains won't soon be forgotten by horror aficionados. Published October 17, 2014

The Gondorian Ranger Talion, bound to the spirit of an Elvish Wraith named Celebrimbor, fights off Sauron's Uruk Hai in the action packed video game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.

ZADZOOKS: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review

J.R.R. Tolkien's foreboding fantasy universe returns to home entertainment consoles in a third-person adventure sure to inspire mature gamers looking to smite Sauron's orc minions. Published October 10, 2014

Guardians battle a Hive ogre in the genre mixing video game Destiny.

ZADZOOKS: Destiny review (PS4)

Developers of the Halo gaming franchise return with an epic saga challenging players to roam the galaxy as an elite group of warriors to save humanity. Published September 20, 2014