Joseph Szadkowski
Articles by Joseph Szadkowski
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. Published May 11, 2012
Zadzooks: The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - A New Day (XBLA) review
Robert Kirkman's sequential-art masterpiece is not only a great television show, now it also is the ultimate interactive motion comic. Published May 8, 2012
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. Published May 4, 2012
Zadzooks: The Avengers: Gamma Smash Hulk (Hasbro) review
Marvel’s Green Goliath is back in action figure form for young fans smitten with “The Avengers.” Published May 2, 2012
Zadzooks: The Avengers: Hulk’s Helicarrier Breakout (Lego) review
Lego teams up with Marvel Entertainment to offer block-based dioramas modeled on "The Avengers" movie including Hulk’s Helicarrier Breakout. Published April 30, 2012
Zadzooks: Midnight Mysteries: Haunted Houdini review (iPad)
A legendary prestidigitator and his cohorts return from the grave to take control of Apple's magical tablet and challenge casual gamers in a fantastic story-driven, hidden-object challenge. Published April 26, 2012
Zadzooks: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Enhanced Edition review (Xbox 360)
Adapted for the Xbox 360, this "Game of Thrones"-style, role-playing extravaganza will impress the committed fantasy lover as he is caught up in a power struggle within the lands of Temeria. Published April 23, 2012
Zadzooks: Fibble: Flick n’ Roll HD review (iPad)
A bulbous extraterrestrial crash-lands on Earth and gets Apple's tablet owners involved in a fantastic physics-based puzzle challenge perfect for the casual gamer. Published April 11, 2012
Zadzooks: iFighter 2: The Pacific 1942 review (iPad)
Apple's iPad tablet brings a harrowing World War II adventure to life as a daring pilot attempts to single-handedly take down Japan's Axis forces. Published April 7, 2012
Zadzooks: Kinect Star Wars review (Xbox 360)
Fans of the Skywalker saga in need of fully immersing themselves in the combative ways of the Jedi have a new way to interact within the Star Wars universe. Published April 4, 2012
Zadzooks: Warp review (PS3)
A puzzle action game for the PlayStation 3 demands a player help a teleporting extraterrestrial escape from a research facility. Published 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. Published March 27, 2012
Zadzooks: Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days review (iPad)
England's legendary comedy troupe extends its reach to diehard fans of the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with a slick interactive app built for Apple's multimedia tablet. Published March 23, 2012
Zadzooks: Zuma’s Revenge! HD review (iPad)
An orb-spiting amphibian relic challenges a collection of evil Tiki chieftains in the return of an addictive puzzler built for Apple's mobile gaming solution. Published March 17, 2012
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. Published March 10, 2012
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. Published March 8, 2012
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. Published March 6, 2012
Zadzooks: Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season review (Blu-ray)
The first season of HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" saga arrives on Blu-ray to tempt new viewers and deliver some deconstructive extras for fans. Published March 3, 2012
Zadzooks: Justice League: Doom review (Blu-ray)
Warner Bros. Animation turns the classic DC Comics' JLA story arc "Tower of Babel" into a PG-13 cartoon with mixed results. Published February 29, 2012
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 … Published February 24, 2012
