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Joseph Szadkowski

Joseph Szadkowski

jszadkowski@washingtontimes.com

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

Uses a finger to fire a missile in one of the mini-challenges found in the video game Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita.

Zadzooks: Mortal Kombat (PS Vita) review

A powerful port of last year's reboot of a side-scrolling fighting game franchise gives PlayStation Vita owners a mobile way to satisfy their appetite for violent combat.

May 11, 2012
James Heller mutates his arms into blades and claws in the video game Prototype 2: Radnet Edition.

Zadzooks: Prototype 2: Radnet Edition review

This sequel to the 2009 video game stars James Heller as a nearly unstoppable, profanity-spewing killing machine fighting in a virus-infected, war zone called New York City.

May 4, 2012
A cute but lethal extraterrestrial named Zero stars in the PlayStation 3 video game Warp.

Zadzooks: Warp review (PS3)

A puzzle action game for the PlayStation 3 demands a player help a teleporting extraterrestrial escape from a research facility.

March 30, 2012

Zadzooks: Journey review (PS3)

From the developers who asked gamers to take time to smell the Flower is another artistic masterpiece tied to the mysteries of an ancient civilization.

March 27, 2012
John Shepard teams up with a Krogan in the video game Mass Effect 3.

Zadzooks: Mass Effect 3 review

Commander John Shepard's dramatic crusade against the Reapers concludes in the third chapter of this cinematic, highly interactive, all encompassing space opera.

March 10, 2012
Agents attack in the mature video game Syndicate.

Zadzooks: Syndicate review (Xbox 360)

A strategy video game from 1993 has been rebooted to a first-person shooter with its cyberpunk roots intact and ready to give players control of a one-man killing machine.

March 8, 2012
Global Space Agency's astronaut Liang Qi interacts with some unusual plant life in the iPad game Waking Mars.

Zadzooks: Waking Mars review (iPad)

Apple's magical tablet takes a player to the caverns of the Red Planet on a mission of discovery in this side-scrolling science-fiction adventure.

March 6, 2012
Sony's PS (PlayStation) Vita bundle includes the game Little Deviants, a case and 4 GB memory card.

Zadzooks: PlayStation Vita review (PS Vita)

Sony's PS Vita manages to incorporate about every innovation from its competitors and PSP predecessors into one handheld entertainment system that is nothing short of brilliant as a niche tech gadget, but …

February 24, 2012