Anthony Dickens (Author) | Nintendo Life (Page 16)

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Anthony launched Nintendo Life in late 2005 and has remained at the helm ever since. He loves Nintendo but sometimes gets confused and tells everyone that F-Zero X is the best game. We've tried getting him help, but alas...

Growing up in the 1990's he developed a passion for video games by playing Game Boy, Super Nintendo and PC games. With a keen interest in the Internet and IT he fell in love with software development and programming, becoming a professional website developer in the early 2000s.

Anthony honed his craft as a developer and was director of the website development company Cuttlefish for nearly 15 years before shifting his sole focus to Hookshot's family of websites, Nintendo Life, Push Square and Pure Xbox.

Today, Anthony is both the Founder & CEO of Hookshot but also its lead developer and continues to develop the bespoke CMS that sits under the family of websites.

More recently, Anthony helped conceptualise and launch Hookshot's latest website, Time Extension along with Damien McFerran.

Username: antdickens
Articles: 1,390 (45 reviews)
First Article: Mon 7th, November 2005
Avg. Review Score: 6.9
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Competition Design the Official T-Shirt for Team Chien!

Hank needs your help
If you've ever been one of a legion of fans, you know that the best way to show your pride and look cool doing it is with the power of the t-shirt. Team Wiebe's in the lead with a snazzy design even if their leader no longer holds the record. Now, current champ Hank Chien is looking for YOUR help to remind him who's the boss...
- Thu 27th Jan 2011
- Competitions
- Retro
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Competition Mario Sports Mix Giveaway!

Bag yourself a copy of Mario Sports Mix
To celebrate the release of upcoming Wii title Mario Sports Mix, a Mario themed sports compilation, Nintendo Life and Games Basement, a leading UK video game online retailer, are proud to offer 3 copies of the game to Nintendo Life readers who live in Europe or North America. All you have to do is answer the...
- Wed 26th Jan 2011
- Competitions
- Wii
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News 3DS: Including StreetPass, SpotPass, eShop, Mii Maker & AR Cards

Straight from the 3D horses' mouth
Nintendo have today announced the final details of the 3DS system along with a price and release date in both US and Europe. The company that changed the world of video games with touch-screen gaming in 2004 and motion-controlled gaming in 2006 now pioneers the next dimensional shift. On March 27 (Europe March...
- Wed 19th Jan 2011
- 3DS
- Press Releases
- Online
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News 3DS Hardware Details

Nintendo spills the beans on the 3DS and all of its features and hardware specs
We've already seen tons of information floating around about Nintendo's upcoming 3DS system, but with today's revelations, we decided it was time to collect all of the various bits of information into one tidy spot. You can check out all of the information we currently...
- Wed 19th Jan 2011
- 3DS
- Hardware
- Specifications
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Competition Winners Rabbids Sleep Over (UK)

Chickens, eggs, arcades and cake
To celebrate the release of upcoming Raving Rabbids In Time for Wii Ubisoft and Nintendo Life were proud to present a very special competition, with three sets of tickets available, each set lets one winner plus two friends and a parent to attend a special Rabbids sleep over in the Science Museum. Contestants had to...
- Sun 14th Nov 2010
- Wii
- Competitions
- Competition Winners
- Rabbids
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Competition Winners Call of Duty: Black Ops (UK)

And the three lucky winners are...
To celebrate the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops for Wii Nintendo Life together with our friends at Argos were proud to offer a copy of the game to three lucky readers. As with most Nintendo Life competitions all you had to do was answer the cryptic question: During which war does Black Ops take place? Of course...
- Tue 9th Nov 2010
- Wii
- Competitions
- Competition Winners
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Rumour House of the Dead: Overkill Sequel on the Way

Zombies beware, a follow-up to the 2009 Wii title may be in the works
Sources close to SEGA have revealed to Nintendo Life that a follow-up to SEGA's House of the Dead: Overkill is well under way and should be released sometime early or mid-2011. Details on the game are still undisclosed, but what we've been told is that a title codenamed...
- Tue 9th Nov 2010
- Wii
- Rumours
- Zombies
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Competition Rabbids Travel in Time Science Adventure (UK)

Rabbids. Science Museum. Sleep over. WIN.
To celebrate the release of upcoming Raving Rabbids In Time for Wii Ubisoft and Nintendo Life are proud to present a very special competition, we have three sets of tickets available, each set lets one winner plus two friends and a parent to attend a special Rabbids sleep over in the Science Museum. During...
- Thu 28th Oct 2010
- Competitions
- Wii
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Competition Win Ivy the Kiwi? for Wii (EU)

Europe's turn to snaffle up Ivy The Kiwi?
To celebrate the PAL release of the fantastically addictive Ivy The Kiwi? both Rising Star Games and Nintendo Life are pleased to offer our European readers the chance to win a PAL copy of the game for Wii. How to win? all you have to do is answer the simple question below. Good Luck!
- Thu 28th Oct 2010
- Competitions
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Competition Win Call of Duty: Black Ops for Wii (UK)

Do you have time to kill?
Nintendo Life together with our friends at Argos are proud to offer three copies of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops on Wii. As usual all you need to do is answer the cryptic question below to be in with a chance of winning. Winning entrants must have a valid UK mailing address to receive the prize. Good luck!
- Wed 27th Oct 2010
- Competitions
215
Competition Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary (NA)

Win yourself one of 25 NES games
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Super Mario Bros. and the 25th Anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System's release in North America, we thought we would do something different. We've scraped together 12,500 Wii Points so that we can give 25 lucky readers (yes, 25) a free 500-point NES game (of their...
- Mon 18th Oct 2010
- Competitions
21
News Neverdaunt:8Bit MMO

Perfect for those of us that just can't get enough of 8bit
We love 8bit, you love 8bit, we recommend you check this out when you've got some time to kill. Those who decide to take a dip into the world of N8* should come back and let us know what you find. Neverdaunt:8Bit is a free to play Sandbox MMO set in a 8 bit stylized 3D world made out of...
- Fri 8th Oct 2010
- Retro
- 8bit
- MMO
- Friends
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Competition Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts T-Shirt Competition

Like Lawn Darts? Like T-Shirts? Then boy do we have a competition for you!
Together with Incredible Technologies we're able to offer 10 XL Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts Official T-Shirts to celebrate the release of the dangerous looking Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts for WiiWare which was released this week in North America. The competition is open to...
- Tue 28th Sep 2010
- Competitions
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Competition A Monsteca Corral: Monsters vs Robots

10 free downloads of WiiWare's Monsteca Corral up for grabs
Nintendo Life have teamed up with Onteca the development brains behind Monsteca Corral, together we're able to offer free downloads of the game for 10 lucky WiiWare readers, all you have to do is answer the competition below!
- Fri 10th Sep 2010
- Competitions
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Competition And Yet It Moves

Your chance to snag one of ten copies of the game
Nintendo Life really liked And Yet It Moves with its incredible ripped-paper style – and so should you. That's why together with Broken Rules we can proudly offer free copies of the game to ten lucky North American readers. All you have to do is answer the competition question below and cross your...
- Fri 3rd Sep 2010
- Competitions
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News Wanted: Your Memories of GoldenEye N64

Care to share your rose-tinted memories of the fabulous GoldenEye and become a video star?
Do you remember playing Goldeneye on the N64? Were you the sharpest shooter among your friends? Do you still think playing as Oddjob is cheating? Kream London is filming a new media project and is looking for outgoing groups of friends to talk about one of the...
- Mon 16th Aug 2010
- Wii
- N64
- Retro
- GoldenEye 007
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Competition2 Ivy the Kiwi?

US Wii version of Ivy the Kiwi along with personally autographed artwork up for grabs!
XSEED Games and Nintendo Life are giving our North American readers the chance to win a copy of the Wii version of Ivy the Kiwi along with a beautiful piece of artwork from XSEED's E3 2010 Booth personally autographed by Yuji Naka himself. How to win? all you have...
- Mon 9th Aug 2010
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Hardware Review VDigi VD-W3 Wii HDMI Upscaler

We take a look at VDigi's up-scaler device that aims to bring you a step closer to "Wii HD".
It's well documented that the lack of High-Definition (HD) doesn't affect the majority of Wii gamers, however there is a significant minority who eagerly await Nintendo's step up in the HD realm. VDigi have identified this specific Wii gamer and offer them a...
- Wed 9th Jun 2010
- Wii
- Hardware
- Hands On
- Previews
- HD
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News Animal Color Cross coming to DSiWare

French based developer Little Worlds Studio announces upcoming 'draw-em-up' scheduled for release this 'Spring'
Animal Color Cross offers accessible and addictive entertainment for gamers, nongamers, and sharp-witted puzzle solvers alike! The goal of the game is to reconstruct a mysterious animal image that lies beneath the grid. Players simply need...
- Thu 6th May 2010
- DSiWare
- Announcements
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News First Look: Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising

Legendo have released a new trailer complete with gameplay footage for this ambitious WiiWare game.
Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising is the first title in a trilogy of air-combat action games for the Wii™. In the premiere game, which will be available soon on WiiWare™, players will be dropped into the cockpit of famous World War II...
- Thu 29th Apr 2010
- First Look
- Trailers
- WiiWare
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Site News Happy "Nintendo Life" Anniversary!

Time to celebrate, it's been exactly one year
Some of our more regular guests will remember that on this day last year we merged our three Nintendo sites, Virtual Console Reviews, WiiWare World and the original Nintendo Life together to form what we now call "Nintendo Life". To celebrate we hope you enjoyed some "classic" themes across those...
- Thu 1st Apr 2010
- Site News
- Anniversaries
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News New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer

Hot on the heels of the new Metroid: Other M trailer comes a new one for our good friend Mario
We've already seen quite a lot of footage from Super Mario Galaxy 2, however it always leaves us wanting more. Nintendo has published this new trailer with even deeper glimpses into the game that promises to be even better than the original. Here's the...
- Thu 1st Apr 2010
- Wii
- Trailers
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News New Metroid: Other M Gameplay Trailer

Nintendo throw us a bone with a new gameplay trailer of Samus' latest adventure
Nintendo has today updated the Metroid.com Web site with a brand new trailer featuring gameplay from the upcoming Wii game Metroid: Other M. You can check out the trailer here: Only a few months to go until the game is released in the US followed by Europe later in the...
- Tue 30th Mar 2010
- Wii
- Trailers
- Metroid
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News April 15th - Australian DSi XL Retails for AU$299.95

Aussies still not PALs with Nintendo on pricing
The good news is that our friends down under don't have to wait too much longer for the DSi XL, however they're going to have to pay more than any other region. Currently you can pick-up a DSi XL in the US for $189.99 ( ~£125), in the UK for as low as £139.71 and Europeans for around €166 ( ~£149)...
- Tue 30th Mar 2010
- DS
- DSi XL
- Prices
- Australia