Joseph Szadkowski

Zadzooks’ 2012 Gift Guide: Video-game, comic-book and pop-culture-themed gift ideas

The Dark Knight, Darth Vader, Spider-Man, Marcus Fenix, Herman Munster, Captain America and even Sesame Street's Grover star as some last-minute gift ideas.

December 16, 2012

Zadzooks: Guardians of Middle-earth review

Lord of the Rings' legends such as Legolas, Gollum, Sauron and Gandalf star in an action-packed multiplayer online battle arena game.

December 11, 2012

Zadzooks: The Walking Dead: Assault review (iPad)

Robert Kirkman's zombie apocalypse infects Apple's interactive tablet through a complex, top-down, squad-based shooter.

December 8, 2012

Zadzooks: Far Cry 3 review

Gamers journey through a dangerous tropical paradise in a one of the best open-world shooters of the year.

December 3, 2012

Zadzooks: Lego The Lord of the Rings review

The battle for Middle-earth comes to blocky life in an imaginative and highly interactive third-person adventure.

December 2, 2012

Zadzooks 2012 Gift Guide: Best gaming gadgets and toys for the iPad and iPhone

Top gift picks to play with the iOS system include Heli Replay, Apptivity WWE Rumblers Randy Orton, AppFinity AppDrive, Lazer Tag 2-Blaster Battle Pack and iCade 8-Bitty.

December 1, 2012

Zadzooks: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 review (Hardened Edition)

Treyarch delivers another time-sucking triumvirate of gaming options for the fan of military shooters.

November 19, 2012

Zadzooks: Hitman: Absolution review

The world's deadliest assassin pulls players into a hard-core gaming experience that is equally brutal and challenging.

November 18, 2012

Zadzooks: Halo 4 review

The harrowing saga of a Spartan super soldier continues in the latest chapter of Microsoft’s legendary first-person shooter franchise.

November 10, 2012

Zadzooks: Assassin’s Creed III review

Desmond Miles’ stealthy ancestors are on hand to witness the birth of a nation while killing plenty of redcoats in a riveting third-person adventure game.

November 5, 2012

Zadzooks: Halloween action figure reviews - The Walking Dead Minimates and Bride of Frankenstein

Diamond Select Toys celebrates the scariest season of the year with the Bride of Frankenstein Retro Cloth figure and Minimates starring X-Men vs. Brood , The Walking Dead and Quasimodo and the Mummy.

October 31, 2012

Zadzooks: The Phantom of the Opera figure review (Diamond Select Toys)

Diamond Select Toys pays tribute to some legendary ghouls and creatures with its Universal Monsters Select line starring author Gaston Leroux's tragic phantom.

October 30, 2012

Zadzooks: The Walking Dead: Deputy Rick Grimes figure review (TV Series 2)

AMC's adaptation of writer Robert Kirkman's zombified comic-book series continues to inspire McFarlane Toys with its new collection of five action figures starring “The Walking Dead.”

October 28, 2012

Zadzooks: Dishonored (Xbox 360) review

A wrongly accused warrior seeks revenge with help from a sword and aggressive vermin in a stealthy first-person adventure game.

October 22, 2012

Zadzooks: Apptivity Batman: The Dark Knight Rises starter set (iPad) review

The traditional plastic action figure plays within mobile digital realms with help from DC Comics' famed Caped Crusader and Apple's interactive tablet.

October 20, 2012

Zadzooks: XCOM: Enemy Unknown review

A revered science-fiction strategy video game from the 1990s returns reimagined for a new generation of commanders who can save Earth from an alien invasion.

October 16, 2012

Zadzooks: Resident Evil 6 not for the squeamish

Capcom has delivered a pre-Halloween treat for adult gamers with the latest chapter of its third-person, survival-horror adventure, Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, rated M for mature — and macabre, reviewed for Xbox 360, $59.99).

October 10, 2012

Zadzooks: Resident Evil 6 review

Capcom’s latest chapter to its third-person, survival horror adventure is a pre-Halloween treat for mature gamers.

October 3, 2012

Zadzooks: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (Blu-ray) review

Sequential-art creator Frank Miller's seminal chronicle of the Caped Crusader's middle-age years arrives in an animated format for serious Batman fans.

October 1, 2012

Zadzooks: Resident Evil: Damnation (Blu-ray) review

Players anticipating next week's release of a new chapter of the granddaddy of survival horror video games can whet their appetites viewing a ferocious animated movie co-starring some of their favorite mutated creatures.

September 25, 2012