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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.

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Zadzooks: Transformers: Dark of the Moon review

Autobots fight Decepticons in another chaotic, third-person video game.

June 24, 2011

Zadzooks: Resistance 3 demo with Battle: Los Angeles (Blu-ray)

Battle: Los Angeles is simply a distraction to the real meat on the Blu-ray, a demo to the upcoming, first-person shooting epic Resistance 3.

June 22, 2011

Zadzooks: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters

Famed DC Comics' characters Hal Jordan and Sinestro stars in this third-person video game offering pure comic-book style action.

June 18, 2011

Zadzooks: InFamous 2 review

Sucker Punch delivers a knockout for lovers of superpower-themed video games with inFamous 2.

June 14, 2011

Zadzooks: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology (Blu-ray)

The definitive set highlighting the cinematic exploits of DC Comics' Man of Steel arrives in an eight-disc Blu-ray collection loaded with extras.

June 8, 2011

Zadzooks: Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (Blu-ray)

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation whets the appetites of fans preparing for the live-action "Green Lantern" movie with a Blu-ray collection of animated stories highlighting some of the greatest protectors of the universe.

June 6, 2011

Zadzooks: Marvel Pinball: Fantastic Four review

Zen Studios helps celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's famed comic book superhero team with a great simulation for pinball wizards in the family.

June 4, 2011

Zadzooks: Kung Fu Panda 2: The Video Game (Kinect) review

A mediocre third-person combat game should get a ton of traction with younger Xbox 360 owners through the use of Kinect magic.

June 2, 2011

Zadzooks: L.A. Noire review

This interactive crime thriller takes a gamer back to the 1940s and the seedier side of Los Angeles.

June 1, 2011

Zadzooks: The Civil War Today (iPad) and Adventures in Africa (iPad)

You had better believe the iPad can act as a portable edutainment center with help from Ansel & Clair's Adventures in Africa and The Civil War Today.

May 26, 2011

Zadzooks: NBA Jam (iPad) and Burn It All (iPad)

IPad owners are in for a real treat playing the extreme basketball game NBA Jam and controlling a trio of feisty flames in Burn It All: Journey to the Sun.

May 25, 2011

Zadzooks: Brink review

Brink is a too-ambitious, muddled effort not supported by enough varied action.

May 19, 2011

Zadzooks: Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation review

A star-studded adventure, Call of the Dead, easily will consume a majority of the player's time in the latest Call of Duty downloadable content pack.

May 18, 2011

Zadzooks: Lego Pirates of the Caribbean review

The biggest question about the latest pop-culture franchise to be "Lego-ized" is not whether it will be fun (that's a given) but how many more iterations of the formula can gamers withstand?

May 17, 2011