Anthony Dickens

Anthony Dickens

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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.

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  • Bored today? Try Cheerleading with We Cheer!

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    News Bored today? Try Cheerleading with We Cheer!

    505 Games announce that Namco's We Cheer is out today in UK/Europe, apparently the girls of "Sheffield Storm All-star Team" are dead impressed.

    “We’re more than happy to be involved with a game which will hopefully give more publicity to our sport, which is always growing in popularity in this country,” commented Coral Head, Storm All-stars...

  • House of the Dead: OVERKILL gets positive first reviews

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    Feature House of the Dead: OVERKILL gets positive first reviews

    The monolith EuroGamer gives SEGA horror rebirth a respectable 8/10 in one of the first reviews around, not bad eh?

    Combined with the occasionally grating script, these moments of weakness and imbalance can cause The House of the Dead: Overkill to feel flat at times. But that's only because they're thrown into stark relief by the rest of the game's...

  • SEGA dates Sonic and the Black Knight

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    News SEGA dates Sonic and the Black Knight

    Hot on the heels of Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Black Knight is scheduled for March, worldwide.

    Created by Sonic Team in Japan, this innovative game takes Sonic into a medieval world and arms him with a sword to aid in his effort to save the day. More Details » Sonic and the Black Knight will provide Sonic fans with an irresistible cast of...

  • New Play Control! Metroid Prime is HOT.

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    News New Play Control! Metroid Prime is HOT.

    Trailers for the "new" Wii version of Metroid Prime start hitting the internet, prepare excited Metroid fans.

    It might be true that Nintendo are just re-releasing a game, it's true that we've all paid for it before Metroid Prime was probably my favourite Gamecube game - ever. When Metroid Prime 3 came to Wii it completely reinvented the controls,...

  • Natsume to offer something reely abit fishy...

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    News Natsume to offer something reely abit fishy...

    Natsume to offer a more "realistic" fishing game when "Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream" launches this year.

    Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream will fulfill the need of every gamer who has fished or who has wanted to cast their first line. Featuring a magnificent 3D fishing engine, lifelike fish and soothing environmental sounds, Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream...

  • EA announce Nerf N-Strike

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    News EA announce Nerf N-Strike

    EA just can't stop making "casual" Wii games, here's the latest, Nerf N-Strike.

    EA Casual Entertainment and Hasbro bring the action and chaos of the popular NERF brand to the digital world. In a world specifically created to be the perfect landscape for NERF pandemonium, players can wreak havoc and perfect their blasting skills or challenge friends...

  • Weekly Virtual Console Round Up (4th Feb)

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    News Weekly Virtual Console Round Up (4th Feb)

    Nintendo's Virtual Console shop has 1 new release this week, Sonic Chaos (SMS).

    Sonic Chaos: System: Master SystemRelease Date: Mon 2nd Feb (US) Play as Sonic or Tails in Sonic Chaos, which was originally made for the Sega Master System. Dr. Eggman (a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik) has stolen the Red Chaos Emerald to create nuclear weapons. This has thrown the...

  • Weekly WiiWare Round Up (4th Feb)

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    News Weekly WiiWare Round Up (4th Feb)

    Nintendo's WiiWare shop has 4 new releases this week, Pop Them, Drop Them SameGame, Lonpos, Family Glide Hockey, Snowboard Riot.

    Pop Them, Drop Them SameGame: Release Date: Fri 30th Jan (EU) Same Game is a simple yet engrossing puzzle game where you clear matching blocks in sets of 2 or more. Score high by clearing out more blocks at once. If you...

  • EA: Dead Space heading to Wii

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    News EA: Dead Space heading to Wii

    It seems Electronic Arts have confirmed that Dead Space will be heading to Wii this year.

    Edge Online have today reported that EA have confirmed that Dead Space will be heading to Wii, the following was posted on their site: EA CEO John Riccitiello said that his company will be bringing games based on mass market Hasbro and Sims properties to the...

  • LucasArts announce Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

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    News LucasArts announce Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

    No LEGO in sight for this new Indy game, set to be all very interactive and wonderful, new story, new name.

    Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings features completely interactive environments, where players need to call upon their wits and daring to make each spring-loaded environment a weapon in order to dispense of foes in clever and unexpected...

  • Out Today - Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (US)

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    News Out Today - Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (US)

    US gamers can now get their hands on the new Tenchu game, Tenchu: Shadow Assassins developed exclusively for Wii.

    Tenchu: Shadow Assassins continues the saga of elite ninjas, Rikimaru and Ayame, who must use their lethal skills to keep the peace in feudal Japan. Playing as both stealthy Rikimaru and aggressive and acrobatic Ayame, players will fight...

  • World Goes Mad, March 10th

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    News World Goes Mad, March 10th

    SEGA confirm the US release date for new gore-fest MadWorld as March 10th, Europe to follow in Spring.

    MADWORLD, is an inventive third-person action game exclusively for Wii. Produced by Atsushi Inaba, MADWORLD has a unique black and white style, depicting an incredibly sharp backdrop that straddles graphic novels and 3D worlds. As players battle...

  • Boom Blox Sequel Confirmed

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    News Boom Blox Sequel Confirmed

    EA confirm that Steven Speilberg puzzler Boom Blox will get another outing, Boom Blox Bash Party.

    January 29, 2009 - Get ready for the ultimate blox-busting action as Electronic Arts Inc. today announced BOOM BLOX™ Bash Party for Wii™, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed BOOM BLOX™ game for Wii. EA’s collaboration with director and...

  • SEGA say, Let's Tap!

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    News SEGA say, Let's Tap!

    Strange things occur in the minds of the Japanese, this latest game by SEGA you don't even need to hold the controller, no joke!

    Let’s Tap, a game that is blazing new ground in Nintendo Wii control design. Developed by Prope, the studio that Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka established in 2006, Let’s Tap is the first product from the new...

  • Episode 1

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    Podcast Episode 1

    Nintendo Life steps into the world of Podcasting, our very first episode is available now, presented by our very own James Newton.

    In our first ever podcast episode James takes a look back at 2008, looking specifically at three outstanding Wii titles, Zack & Wiki, Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Next on the agenda is 2009, where we...

  • EA breaks up Need For Speed

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    News EA breaks up Need For Speed

    The constantly wonky world of Need For Speed is to be split into three distinctly styled games, SHIFT, Nitro and World Online.

    We've never shied away from Need For Speed, every year we give it another chance and every year we feel let down, we'll agree that Wii and DS aren't really the natural choice for driving sims, but EA keep on churning them...

  • Sonic Unleashed (Wii)

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    Review Sonic Unleashed (Wii)

    SEGA couldn't keep him on the leash any longer...

    Better late than never - this review - not Sonic Unleashed. Sonic Team offered us the latest Sonic adventure just before Christmas, we'd like to tell you we've been so busy playing it since then that we're only just getting round to the review, but that's not true. So let's get on with it. Sonic...

  • Win a DS Lite with Big Bang Mini

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    Competition Win a DS Lite with Big Bang Mini

    To celebrating the upcoming release of Big Bang Mini on Nintendo DS, SouthPeak games and Nintendo Life are offering a DS Lite + Big Bang Mini and another four copies of the game for the runners up.

    Your objective is to navigate your ship through a brilliant array of lights, dodging intense streams of fireworks. Defeat waves of enemies by deploying...

  • Big Bang Mini Demo available on the Nintendo Channel

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    News Big Bang Mini Demo available on the Nintendo Channel

    Just in case you couldn't wait another two weeks, SouthPeak games have throw up a demo of their latest game, Big Bang Mini, onto the Nintendo Channel.

    SouthPeak Games is pleased to announce that a demo of Arkedo Studio’s Big Bang Mini for Nintendo DS™ is now available as a free download via the Nintendo Channel on Wii™. The explosive demo...

  • Nintendo's 2009 Release Schedule... Hmm

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    News Nintendo's 2009 Release Schedule... Hmm

    We're a little worried at the moment, Nintendo only seems to have a couple of titles down for 2009, and they aren't even that special.

    Gaming nerds at Kotaku are worried too, they posted the proposed release schedule: North America: Wii NEW PLAY CONTROL! MARIO POWER TENNIS 2009/3 NEW PLAY CONTROL! PIKMIN 2009/3 Wii Sports Resort CY2009 First...

  • Google Earth + Wii Balance Board = Surfing The World

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    News Google Earth + Wii Balance Board = Surfing The World

    Some people do the craziest things, check out what this MacHead Santa-look-a-like has come up with now!

    This year for Macworld I decided to create a program that allows people to "surf" any region on the Earth's surface using a Nintendo Wii Balance Board and the Google Earth API. To do this, I used the Google Earth Browser Plug-in with a...

  • And The Winner Is...?

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    Competition And The Winner Is...?

    Much like Santa, Nintendo Life loves giving things away, it makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

    It's come to our attention that we've been kind of lazy with our competitions, we've emailed winners but never published them on the website itself, in the vein of doing things "betta'" in 2009 we'll be publishing the winners, because we...

  • SEGA goes OVERKILL, Uncut

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    News SEGA goes OVERKILL, Uncut

    Just in case we haven't mentioned the game enough, SEGA release another trailer, this time with all the naughty, gory, swearing bits intact - a true taste of things to come.

    The latest trailer for The House of the Dead: OVERKILL is out. This time rookie agent G teams up with bad-ass cop Washington for some hardcore mutant mayhem. This trailer is...

  • SEGA's Got Hand Cannons!

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    News SEGA's Got Hand Cannons!

    Move over Wii Zapper, we're bringing in the cannons - SEGA whips out some special accessories for HOTD: OVERKILL.

    Obviously SEGA are aware of how much I like HOTD, that's why they won't tell me the bad news about HOTD4 never coming to the consoles - damn you guys, make it happen, you know it makes sense. They've distracted me with OVERKILL for now,...