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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

Role-playing skills are put to a test in a Middle Earth style universe found in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Zadzooks: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim review

Nothing short of complete submission to the events presented in the magical lands of Skyrim will suffice to fully appreciate the complexities of this latest Elder Scrolls epic.

December 3, 2011
Build and micromanage a complex settlement in the iPad game Battle Nations.

Zadzooks: Battle Nations review (iPad)

An irresistible and highly addictive real-time strategy hybrid game turns Apple's magical table into colorful world dictated by war and acquisition.

November 26, 2011
From left; Power A’s Batarang Controller, Spin Master’s Cars 2 AppMATes Lightning McQueen, Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures and THQ’s uDraw Game Tablet. (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski/The Washington Times)

Zadzooks’ Gift Guide: Best video game gadgets

Hot gadget picks for the iPad, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii include Cars 2 AppMATes, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, uDraw Game Tablet, Batarang Controller and The Strike: Tournament Edition.

November 25, 2011
Movie blockbuster moments will blow players away in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Zadzooks: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review

The latest sequel to the chart-breaking Call of Duty first-person shooting franchise returns players to the violent and explosive world of international terrorism melded with modern combat.

November 14, 2011
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.

November 11, 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.”

October 29, 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.

October 16, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

September 10, 2011