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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  • EBay Sales Figures For Wii & PS3

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    News EBay Sales Figures For Wii & PS3

    Internet auction site eBay have released figures of the amount of PS3's and Wii's sold in the first 7 days after launch.

    It was pretty much expected after the whole Xbox 360 thing that alot of PS3 and Wii consoles would appear on eBay, but exactly how many were there? It seems the auction site saw nearly 30,000 of each console over the launch...

  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl Updates

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    News Super Smash Bros. Brawl Updates

    Masahiro Sakurai updates the official Smash Bros Dojo website, a host of new screenshots and a video.

    One of the most eagerly awaited Wii titles is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, thanks to DigitalBattle we've noticed that the official site over at has been updated by the games director, Masahiro Sakurai of Sora. "So, the Wii has launched. Are you...

  • Can You Handle The Wii Pain?

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    News Can You Handle The Wii Pain?

    Unfit Americans complain about the Wii, "mommy, it made me move my arms", perhaps a lawsuit waiting to happen?

    In the country where lawsuits are far to common, are Nintendo looking down the barrel of a gun? We've seen multiple reports of gamers "complaining" of aches and pains caused by hours of Wii action. "I woke up Saturday morning after a...

  • Wii Success

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    News Wii Success

    If we didn't already know, Nintendo made it official, Wii's launch is a success state side.

    It's been almost 10 days since the Wii launched on November 19th, everyone's first indications are good and the launch has been deemed a success. With Nintendo selling a Wii almost 1 per second since launch, Reggie proclaims "Including just first-party...

  • Wii AV Hardware Guide

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    Guide Wii AV Hardware Guide

    Confused by what cable goes where? We dive into the world of AV and try and explain what's hot and what's not.

    Much like the world of computers, the abyss that is AV can be just as confusing. We're going to take you though both audio and video standards and give you an idea of what does what. VideoDisplay technology has exploded over the past 5...

  • Zelda Soundtrack @ Target

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    News Zelda Soundtrack @ Target

    US gamers have noticed a special edition Zelda: Twilight Princess soundtrack in local Target stores.

    Visor's favourite blog, Kotaku, posted a picture today along with the following blurb. "Reader Chris T. writes in with this find from his local Target. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess soundtrack that comes with a 1/6 scale replica Hylian...

  • Famitsu Wii Scores

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    News Famitsu Wii Scores

    Just in-case you missed them, the infamous Japanese magazine scores on the Wii, we'll remind you.

    Whenever it comes to Japanese gaming media, there is only one magazine that's important, that is of course Famitsu. Although I'm alittle late posting these, they still might prove interesting to someone. "Famitsu is known worldwide for its...

  • Virtual Console To Get Game Updates?

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    News Virtual Console To Get Game Updates?

    Rumours surface that Wii's Virtual Console games might have new updates or mods?

    According to The Wiire, it seems that "Super Mario Kart: Online" could be a possibility? In a recent interview about the Wii Shop Channel, it was revealed that Virtual Console games might sometimes have an "Update" button. "The "Update" button indicates...

  • Use Your DS For Midi?

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    News Use Your DS For Midi?

    Homebrew scene comes up with another clever use of the DS interface, a MIDI controller!

    Joystiq have reported that a small group of homebrew developers (Tobias "0xtob" Weyand and Collin "TheRain" Meyer) in Germany are currently developed a system dubbed "DS Midi WiFi" that allows the DS to exchange MIDI data with a PC. "The exchange works both...

  • Weekend Of Wii

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    News Weekend Of Wii

    Alas the Wii consumes me, the weekend primarily consists of lots of Wii action.

    You've probably noticed that updates have been rather lacking the past few days, for that I am sorry. But as you may know, Fedex dropped off my Wii last week which meant the past two days was my first weekend of Wii. Did you really expect me to leave it alone?...

  • My First Day Of Wii

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    Feature My First Day Of Wii

    It's finally here, the Wii has arrived and its time to play

    The sun rose over a cold and bitter English morning, it was like any other normal day, except today the Wii would finally be in my hands. 7.00am - I wake to the annoying sound of my alarm clock, usually it gets a beating but today I was nice, it was time to get up (unusually early for me)...

  • New Metroid Prime 3 Trailer

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    News New Metroid Prime 3 Trailer

    SPoNG have reported a new Metroid Prime 3 trailer has surfaced on the Internet.

    One of the hottest Wii titles in development, Nintendo tease us even more with a new video showing us Samus on the new system, keep them coming and get me a release date, stat. "What we've already experienced of Metroid Prime 3's controls has us desperately crying...

  • Amazon.co.uk Wii Preorder Sells Out In 2 Minutes

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    News Amazon.co.uk Wii Preorder Sells Out In 2 Minutes

    Amazon.co.uk finally allowed pre-orders for the Wii console this morning, however huge demand means they were gone within 2 mins.

    If you'd hadn't already secured your pre-order with a local retailer, online was the next best choice. Amazon recently announced that they would be taking pre-orders on its website from 9am Tue 21st of Nov, today...

  • Oh Nos, Wii Broke It

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    News Oh Nos, Wii Broke It

    Popular Science's John Mahoney decided to rip apart his Wii, quite literally.

    Ever get the urge to just take something apart? Well it seems PopSci got pretty bored with their Wii, they only played it for one afternoon and then took the darn thing apart. "The plan was simple: carefully disassemble the little white box and controllers for a...

  • The Wii Is Out There

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    News The Wii Is Out There

    Nintendo's console finally gets unleashed into the homes of a million Americans.

    One of the biggest console launches ever has now completed its first leg, the Wii console is out and the majority of American readers will probably already have one, sadly us Europeans and Australians will have to wait alittle while longer. Reggie did Nintendo proud at...

  • Wii Launch USA

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    News Wii Launch USA

    America prepares for the launch of Nintendo's new console, the wait is finally over.

    The Wii train is approaching the station, finally the mass market will be able to get their hands on the Wii console and we'll all know first hand, if Nintendo's gamble has paid off. What's all the fuss about? "The most important advance for video games in the...

  • The Virtual Console

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    Guide The Virtual Console

    Not only does Wii bring something new, it brings everything old - here's our guide to the Virtual Console.

    The Virtual Console (VC) is emulation software that allows you to play older games on your Wii system. If you didn't already know, an Emulator is a piece of computer software the “emulates” pieces of computer hardware. Essentially it'll...

  • Nintendo Originally Planned $100 Wii

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    News Nintendo Originally Planned $100 Wii

    BusinessWeek Tokyo correspondent Kenji Hall recently talked with two members of the development team, Shigeru Miyamoto and veteran designer Ken'ichiro Ashida, about developing the Wii.

    The two Japanese veterans were quizzed about various aspects of the Wii development cycle, here's a selection of answers that are of significant interest...

  • Trauma Center Hits Stores

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    News Trauma Center Hits Stores

    News breaks as the first Wii games start appearing in US stores.

    For some unknown reason there are always games instore before the actual console due to launch, maybe its marketing, maybe there is no reason, either way, Atlus's Trauma Center: Second Opinion is now available in stores across America. "This news may cause dizziness and weak knees...

  • Wii's Competition

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    Feature Wii's Competition

    How does Wii stack up again Xbox 360, PlayStation 3?

    Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you'll probably already know all about the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3, if not we've compiled a brief guide to get you started. Every single time a new console gets released, the industry gets caught up in the “Next...

  • Wii Prepares For Launch

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    News Wii Prepares For Launch

    Nintendo state that its production facility in North Bend is working around the clock to get shipments ready.

    Along with the news, Nintendo have issued us with some photos from inside the warehouse, just to make us drool even more. There's a pretty snazy shot taken of copies of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess making their way down a conveyor...

  • Reggie Talks To CNET

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    News Reggie Talks To CNET

    Web giant CNET sits down with Reggie and asks him about the Wii, will we all get one?

    The Nintendo Of US and A President, Reggie, was quizzed by CNET's Rich DeMuro. The interview was recorded and thrown online for us all to see. Reggie looked as calm as ever, but completely deflected the whole "one more secret" rumour that'd currently been buzzing...

  • Virtual Console Updates

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    News Virtual Console Updates

    More games have recently been rated by the ESRB in America, signaling for Virtual Console release.

    The Entertainment Software Ratings Board have no doubt been very busy rating Nintendo's back catalog of games, its something that has to be done by law before the games can be made available on the download service. It's stated that the follow games...

  • Importing Wii Guide

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    Feature Importing Wii Guide

    Tired of Europe getting games last?

    I'm sure you've all heard the story, Europe always gets treated the worst in the games industry. It's the last region to get the games. Companies such as Nintendo often release a game first in the US or Japan, then three to six months later when they've all finished playing it they decide to release the game in...