Anthony Dickens

Anthony Dickens

Founder & CEO

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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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Mon 7th, November 2005
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  • DS Gets Invited To Mario's Party

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    News DS Gets Invited To Mario's Party

    Nintendo release "Mario Party DS" the first portable version of the popular Mario Party series of games.

    The latest installment in the wildly popular Mario Party game series introduces five new boards and more than 70 awesome minigames, playable for the first time ever on the super-portable Nintendo DS. It's a great value, since up to four DS owners...

  • Wii're Zapping With Link's Crossbow Training

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    News Wii're Zapping With Link's Crossbow Training

    Nintendo's Wii Zapper is out now allowing for arcade shooting action in your living room... well almost.

    Nov. 19, 2007 – Today, Nintendo's new Wii Zapper™ brings the precision and thrill of arcade-style targeting games right into your home. Made exclusively for Nintendo's Wii™ system, the Wii Zapper houses a Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ to...

  • House Of The Dead 2&3 Return + Screenshots

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    News House Of The Dead 2&3 Return + Screenshots

    Wii becomes the console of choice for -zombies- light gun games, House of the Dead becomes the latest title announced by the arcade masters.

    "In THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2&3 RETURN, players will be able to play both versions of the game, battling the relentless attack of bloodthirsty zombies with steady aim and a quick trigger finger. Utilising the...

  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

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    Review Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

    Mario & Sonic are all set to fight for the Gold, but is the game worthy of an Olympic accolade?

    Hell has officially frozen over; Mario and Sonic appear together for the first time ever. If this idea had been suggested 10 to 15 years ago, you'd probably have been locked up and forgotten about. Times have changed dramatically since then: we now accept...

  • Smash Bros Brawl Packshot

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    News Smash Bros Brawl Packshot

    Smashing

    Nintendo have now revealed the very busy US packshot for upcoming fan-fest Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This action-packed fighting game features a ridiculous number of characters that have appeared on Nintendo platforms, from Mario™ to Link to Pikachu® ... to Solid Snake! As they square off in famous locales drawn from the rich history of...

  • LEGO Batman

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    News LEGO Batman

    Watch now

    Coming early next year, LEGO Batman: The Videogame, from the same team that brought you LEGO Star Wars.. "In LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME, TT Games brings the world of DC Comics’ Caped Crusader to life in an entirely new way. Players can explore a richly interactive LEGO Gotham City as Batman and Robin, capturing infamous villains –...

  • New Blood Ready For Launch

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    News New Blood Ready For Launch

    Wii's very own Holby City will see a sequel released next week in the form of Trauma Center: New Blood.

    "At a remote hospital in Alaska, Dr. Markus Vaughn quietly toils, a surgeon who has forsaken the politics and power struggles of his former ward. He is content to use the power he has discovered within himself, the Healing Touch, to positively...

  • Mario Galaxy Receives Universal Acclaim

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    Feature Mario Galaxy Receives Universal Acclaim

    Pretty much everyone hails Super Mario Galaxy as the game receives more and more perfect reviews, easily Wii's most critically awarded title thus far.

    Launched on Monday in the US and tomorrow in Europe, Super Mario Galaxy has earnt a average score of 98% on critic collection site, MetaCritic. The site has 28 recorded reviews from various big name...

  • Shaft Your Wii

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    News Shaft Your Wii

    Overline Gaming are releasing a fancy new arcade stick for the Wii, essential for all those arcade classics on the Virtual Console.

    A Customizable Turbo Function allows you to program individual buttons to be Turbo while leaving others to work as normal. Full 360 Degree range of motion that works with both digital and analog stick games. 8 Locking...

  • Out Today - Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

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    News Out Today - Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

    The first zombie-fest Wii Zapper action is released today in the US, later this month in Europe.

    Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series, created specifically for the unique characteristics of the Wii console. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back...

  • Photo Channel Losing MP3 Support

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    News Photo Channel Losing MP3 Support

    Changes to the photo channel being introduced in December, will mean only support for AAC music files, dropping the far popular MP3 format.

    Check out these enhancements to the Photo Channel, which will be available in December, 2007. Personalize your Wii Menu by making one of your favorite digital images from an SD memory card as the Photo Channel...

  • Ant, Damo, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games

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    News Ant, Damo, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games

    Going for gold

    Today we took alittle trip into London to a sacred palace called Sega HQ, we'd been invited down to play Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on the Wii.. Having survived the rather lengthy journey from the midlands and 3 trains later we finally arrived at Sega HQ with just a little time for lunch before getting started with the...

  • Out Today - Super Mario Galaxy

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    News Out Today - Super Mario Galaxy

    Today see's the launch of Mario's first solo outing on the Wii, believe the hype, go and buy this game.

    "Become Mario™ as he traverses gravity-bending galaxies, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need...

  • Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

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    Review Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

    Simply out of this galaxy

    Ah, Mario. It's been a while... believe it or not it's been five years since Mario's last personal outing; Super Mario Sunshine on the Gamecube. Our hero has returned for his first Wii outing, in the form of Super Mario Galaxy. Let's get something clear from the start: Galaxy is definitely not a straight forward successor...

  • Nintendo Doubles Its Profits

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    News Nintendo Doubles Its Profits

    Soaring Wii and DS sales have sky rocketed Nintendo's profits, doubling those of last year.

    The success of the Wii has helped Nintendo to double its profit in the six months to the end of September. Demand for the console has outstripped that for Sony's Playstation 3 and Microsoft's XBox 360 - selling about 7.3 million units. The Japanese firm made...

  • Dealing With THQ

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    News Dealing With THQ

    THQ have signed a license deal with Nintendo allowing the publisher to create games based on Nintendo IP's.

    Okay so this actually happened last month, but we've only just noticed. It's quite an interesting move by both parties, here's the details: Video-game software publisher THQ Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a license agreement with Nintendo...

  • Wii'll Be Zapping By Christmas

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    News Wii'll Be Zapping By Christmas

    Nintendo set to release Wii Zapper in Europe and the UK on December 7th and should cost around £20 or 30 EUROs.

    "Nintendo’s Wii Zapper will be available across Europe in time for Christmas, the company said today. The white, double-handed, machine gun peripheral will ship on 7 December, bundled with the Link’s Crossbow Training game. Additional...

  • The Hardcasual Gamer

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    News The Hardcasual Gamer

    Interesting article posted on the "Level Up" section of the Newsweek website, entertaining the idea of the "hardcasual" gamer.

    In my opinion game developers are neglecting the audience upon which this industry was built. Gamers like myself, who are now grown up with careers, families and other responsibilities simply no longer have the time to...

  • Ninjabread Man (Wii)

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    Review Ninjabread Man (Wii)

    Ninjabread Man brings some much needed platforming action to our Wii's, but is it any good?

    With a name like Ninjabread Man, it was hard to ignore this one. Just look at our hero, its a Gingerbread man that can do Ninja stuff- you don't get much cooler than that. I was a little nervous of what Ninjabread Man would be like- after all it is from a...

  • Rising Star Brings No More Heroes To Europe

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    News Rising Star Brings No More Heroes To Europe

    Publisher Rising Star Games will be releasing the European version of No More Heroes for Wii around February next year.

    No More Heroes tells the story of Travis Touchdown, an animé fan who lives in the fictional town of Santa Destroy, California. After an unexpected turn of events, Travis finds himself being approached by the head hunter of an...

  • Maro Galaxy's Secret Unlockable

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    News Maro Galaxy's Secret Unlockable

    Spoilers inside this one.. you might want to look away now. Tanooki have revealed what rewards lie beyond the 120th star in Super Mario Galaxy.

    Cast your mind back to Mario 64, gaining 120 stars was indeed a very self satisfying moment, but all you got from it was a bunch of lives from Yoshi, big wow. Super Mario Galaxy has done something better...

  • Manhunt 2 Slammed By Press

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    News Manhunt 2 Slammed By Press

    The game that's causing the most "controversy" is a super violent Wii game, who'd of thought!

    Even though some people may consider Manhunt 2 to be only a game, it unfortunately perpetuates and reinforces cruel, inaccurate perceptions that people who live with mental illness are violent," blasted Mike Fitzpatrick, executive director of NAMI. Fair...

  • Mario In Space Training

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    News Mario In Space Training

    Nintendo's rather Super large Mario took to the skies this week with the one and only Buzz Aldrin for a lesson in zero-g.

    Mario, Nintendo's iconic video game character, and Dr. Buzz Aldrin float in zero-gravity atmosphere to train for Mario's upcoming game set in space, Super Mario Galaxy for Wii on November 03, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The game...

  • Battalion Wars Released

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    News Battalion Wars Released

    Today see's the release of Nintendo's latest offering, Battalion Wars 2, the war battler, for the Wii.

    This week's launch of Nintendo's new Battalion Wars™ 2 game for the Wii™ system lets players take complete command of soldiers and vehicles to help turn the tide of war and defeat the foes. In this sequel to the well-received original, players...