Joseph Szadkowski

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Zadzooks: Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection review

Players focus entirely on the flesh eaters this time out with four remastered, previously released maps and the brand-new zombie killing field called Moon. Published August 26, 2011

Zadzooks: Deus Ex: Human Revolution review

One of the premiere genre-melding gaming franchises returns after a near eight-year absence to suck players into a prequel to its cyberpunk adventures. Published August 23, 2011

Zadzooks: Toy Soldiers: Cold War review (Xbox Live Arcade)

This part tower-defense, part third-person action game has players take part in 1980s combat between two superpowers using miniature figures and equipment set in retro locations. Published August 16, 2011

Zadzooks: Monopoly: Here and Now, The World Edition HD (iPad)

An update to the premiere properties trading challenge gives iPad owners a chance to buy the world. Published August 14, 2011

Zadzooks: Hills of Glory: WWII Premium HD (iPad)

A tower defense game brings a cartoony, Quentin Tarantino level of shock and awe to the Second World War as iPad owners liberally slaughter a reasonable facsimile of German forces. Published August 13, 2011

Zadzooks: Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed (iPad)

A famed virtual racing franchise has returned to Apple's magical iPad to give drivers some behind-the-wheel thrills and an assortment of realistic challenges. Published August 11, 2011

Zadzooks: Catherine review (Xbox 360)

Poor Vincent's life is a complex game of emotional and physical survival where decisions made during his waking hours play out in a potentially deadly scenarios in his dreams. Published August 5, 2011

Zadzooks: Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Up to a pair of players fight enemies across alternate dimensions to defeat the evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz in this third person video game based on the popular Disney Channel show. Published August 3, 2011

Zadzooks: Robot Chicken: Star Wars III (Blu-ray)

Built around the Emperor reflecting upon his life as he plummets into a Death Star abyss, viewers get 44 minutes worth of skewering of the Star Wars canon. Published July 30, 2011

Zadzooks: Supernatural: The Anime Series (Blu-ray)

Monster hunters Sam and Dean Winchester continue their paranormal activities in an animated series creepier than the pair's live-action exploits on the CW Network's popular television show. Published July 27, 2011

Zadzooks: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

J.K. Rowling's boy wizard may be retiring from movie stardom with a box office bang, but he adds another less than satisfying adventure to his video-game exploits. Published July 23, 2011