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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

Become a modern day soldier in the video game Battlefield 3: Limited Edition.

Zadzooks: Battlefield 3: Limited Edition review

A U.S.-forces-based operation to stop a Middle Eastern paramilitary group and terrorist from detonating nukes in famous cities signals the return of one of video games' premier first-person shooters. Published November 11, 2011

Monsters never stop attacking in the iPad game GRave Defense HD.

Zadzooks: GRave Defense HD review (iPad)

A portable monster apocalypse that delivers frenetic and challenging tower-defense action has arrived for devotees of Apple's iPad. Published November 6, 2011

Nathan Drake is back and in big trouble in the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Zadzooks: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception review

In the finest traditions of Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, Nathan Drake returns for his third adventure on the PlayStation 3 to deliver even more big-budget, third-person action. Published November 4, 2011

Our brave knight won't survive this attack (so what else is new?) in the video game Dark Souls.

Zadzooks: Dark Souls review

A spiritual successor to last year's third-person, role-playing fantasy seals a blood pact with gamers challenged by its ominous mission statement: “Prepare to die.” Published October 29, 2011

The Dark Knight prepares to strike in the video game Batman: Arkham City.

Zadzooks: Batman: Arkham City review

The Dark Knight returns to a video-game format in an amazing sequel to the 2009 award-winning, third-person adventure. Published October 21, 2011

An animated Dark Knight hides in the shadows in the Blu-ray release of Batman: Year One.

Zadzooks: Batman: Year One review (Blu-ray)

Bruce Timm continues his mission to turn every great DC Comics' series into a direct-to-disc, PG-13 animated movie by tapping into the definitive origin tale of the Dark Knight. Published October 16, 2011

Ryan Reynolds and his costume star in Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray release Green Lantern: Extended Cut.

Zadzooks: Green Lantern: Extended Cut review (Blu-ray)

DC Comics' Emerald Warrior made his debut in a live-action film starring Ryan Reynolds earlier this year and its Blu-ray release should please anyone dazzled by the comic book format. Published October 14, 2011

Aggressive mutants need to be stopped in the video game Rage: Anarchy Edition.

Zadzooks: Rage: Anarchy Edition review

Gamers in love with “The Road Warrior” mentality become part of a grungy, postapocalyptic world that mixes first-person shooting, driving, vehicular combat and role-play. Published October 7, 2011

A zombie attacks in the video game Dead Island.

Zadzooks: Dead Island review

A four-player, co-operative experience has mature gamers hang out on a beautiful resort island and spend their time helping vacationers, crafting weapons and slaughtering infected humans. Published October 2, 2011

Bounty hunter John Slade explores some great looking locations in the iPad shooter Shadowgun.

Zadzooks: Shadowgun review (iPad)

Gears of War fans will appreciate this third-person shooter for Apple's mobile phone and tablet loaded with fluid firefights that won't disappoint. Published September 28, 2011

The Kid meets a gunslinger in a cut scene from the iPad game Cowboy Guns.

Zadzooks: Cowboy Guns review (iPad)

A spaghetti western debuts on Apple's interactive tablet to give lovers of the duel-stick shooter a chance to take on the Crimson Jackals gang. Published September 25, 2011

Captain Titus is always looking for a fight in the video game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine for the Xbox 360.

Zadzooks: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine review

Based on Games Workshop's popular tabletop collectible miniature game, this third-person shooter packs a stress-relieving punch for players looking for a bloody, epic battle set in a science fantasy universe. Published September 22, 2011

Marcus Fenix watches a Lambent Drudge explode in the video game Gears of War 3 for the Xbox 360.

Zadzooks: Gears of War 3: Limited Edition review

Marcus Fenix, one of the chiseled and grizzled veterans of the humans continuing struggles against the Locust Horde, again leads Delta Squad into battle in the final piece of the current story arc in the Gears of War trilogy. Published September 17, 2011

In the PlayStation 3 video game Resistance 3, Joseph Capelli must stop the extermination of the human race?

Zadzooks: Resistance 3 review

One of PS3's most anticipated titles for the year takes players back to the 1950s to conclude a console gaming trilogy and help the human race survive against an alien menace. Published September 10, 2011

Zadzooks: Rise of Nightmares review

The survival horror genre of video games just got a whole lot more interactive with help from a frightening first-person adventure built for a Kinect-ed Xbox 360 owner. Published September 9, 2011

Video gamers get a taste of Rage through a Dark Horse Comics' series.

Zadzooks: Rage (comic books)

Readers are stuck in yet another post-apocalyptic world filled with “Mad Max”-style gangs, creatures and government ruffians out to control what's left of an Earth struck by a meteor back in 2037. Published September 4, 2011

Artist Greg Capullo's work explodes off the page in Image Comics' Haunt: Immortal Edition, Book One.

Zadzooks: Haunt: Immortal Edition, Book One

This hard cover book takes the first 12 issues of the series and wraps a sturdy hardbound cover around the collection to beautifully preserve the often-gory action. Published September 2, 2011

Jedi fights Sith in Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Lost Suns.

Zadzooks: Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Lost Suns

Based on the upcoming massive multiplayer online role playing video game, players, I mean readers, dive into a comic book series taking place thousands of years before the Skywalker family ever caused the Sith any trouble. Published September 2, 2011