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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  • Wii Gets In A Flap

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    News Wii Gets In A Flap

    Nintendo rumour mongers are put to rest as an proper photos surfaces of the mystery flap.

    Just as Reggie explained a few days ago, the Wii console does indeed have a flap on the front panel. When lifted up, a SD card slot is revealed. "That is where an SD card goes. That's storage media. And on top are the attachments for the GameCube...

  • Nintendo React To Wii Launch Rumours

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    News Nintendo React To Wii Launch Rumours

    After numerous sites start suggesting release dates left right and center, Nintendo put out an official response.

    Gamers who keep their ears to the ground would of seen the stink of rumours over the past week regarding the Wii launch date, even Sports Illustrated for Kids has been quoted as having the official release date. It seems Nintendo do...

  • New Super Mario Bros. Challenge Mode

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    News New Super Mario Bros. Challenge Mode

    Nintendo's hottest DS title gets a refreshing change with a secret unlock code.

    Various websites over the interweb, including 4cr have uncovered a cheat for the highly popular New Super Mario Bros. The game that has practically sold out across the globe. "Gamers who’ve already finished the game will be able to access this secret Challenge...

  • London Games Festival

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    News London Games Festival

    A new festival coming to London this October celebrating everything that video games have to offer.

    GamesIndustry.biz and EuroGamer.net have teamed up with a bunch of companies to bring the games industry back to the UK. The new festival set to take place between 2nd and 7th October will be held at venues across London. These events include The...

  • Opera Launch Browser Mini Site

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    News Opera Launch Browser Mini Site

    Opera have recently launched a mini-site dedicated to its Nintendo adventures on both DS and Wii

    Opera's site now has further details about the DS Web Browser, this time in English. There's a whole section dedicated to tips and tricks that provide a good indication of how the browser works with your touch screen and stylus. "Forget the...

  • Electroplankton Hits This Friday

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    News Electroplankton Hits This Friday

    Nintendo's creative art piece is set to unleash in Europe from this coming Friday, exclusive to Nintendo DS

    Electroplankton was first shown quite a long time ago, in fact as an initial demo to show off the touch screen. The title has been created by a Japanese artist called Toshio Iwai, blending visuals with music to converge a truly creative...

  • Nintendo Invades Korea

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    News Nintendo Invades Korea

    Nintendo have announced plans to setup a new subsidiary in South Korea, located in the capital Seoul.

    Nintendo steps outside into a new market, this time South Korea is the focus. The country which has seen vast changes in its culture over the past decade or two, South Korea is one of the fastest developing markets and already has a strong music, TV...

  • Red Steel Developer Blog

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    News Red Steel Developer Blog

    Red Steel developers Ubisoft have setup a blog on IGN.com set to follow the development progress of the Wii launch title.

    The French developer/publisher has post its first blog entry on Club IGN, the post comes from Marie-Sol Beaudry, Producer of Red Steel. "We were really excited by everyone’s response to the Nintendo Wii at E3 and were...

  • Resident Evil: Extinction

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    News Resident Evil: Extinction

    Paul W.S. Anderson talks about the upcoming third installment of Resident Evil on the big screen.

    Speaking at last weeks Hollywood and Games Summit Paul W.S. Anderson discussed his latest project, Resident Evil 3 aka Extinction. This time we're outside Raccoon City, primarily in the deserts of Nevada and around Las Vegas. Oh, and its the end of the...

  • SEGA Says More Wii On The Way

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    News SEGA Says More Wii On The Way

    SEGA's Scott Steinberg confirms the company is already looking towards second generation titles for Wii

    SEGA of America's Vice President of Marketing Scott Steinberg recently sad down with GameDaily.biz and discussed what the SEGA's plans were for Wii. First topic was the affordability of Wii development over the 360 and PS3. So, there's no doubt...

  • Resident Evil Director Addresses Hollywood

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    News Resident Evil Director Addresses Hollywood

    British movie director Paul W.S. Anderson has given his keynote speech at Hollywood and Games Summit in the US.

    Movie director bloke Paul W.S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator) has been speaking this week at the "Hollywood and Games Summit" held in the US. His keynote speech concluded that "its no easy task to...

  • Atari Bags Point Blank

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    News Atari Bags Point Blank

    Games publisher Atari have an agreement with Namco to distribute Point Blank DS in Europe

    EuroGamer.net have confirmed that Atari will be publishing Namco title, Point Blank DS in the European markets. Even though the American version was released earlier this month, European gamers will have to wait until towards the end of the year. "Point...

  • DS To Feature In Stormbreaker Movie

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    News DS To Feature In Stormbreaker Movie

    Nintendo's portable wonder to appear in upcoming teen spy thriller movie "Stormbreaker".

    Nintendo has today announced its agreement with movie producers which will enable the DS to have an appearance as "the ultimate spy gadget" in the new "Stormbreaker" movie based on the first book in the popular Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. "After...

  • Nintendo Reveal Pink DS Lite

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    News Nintendo Reveal Pink DS Lite

    Just in case that black DS Lite was looking abit too "manly", Nintendo will be releasing a "Noble Pink" edition in Japan

    The DS Lite section on Nintendo's Japanese website has today been updated with a new "color variation" titled simply "Noble Pink". Nintendo have been having problems keeping up with DS demand in recent months, even though they...

  • The Portable Opera Experience

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    News The Portable Opera Experience

    Opera blogger posts about his hands on experience with the DS version of Opera

    US Opera blogger has recently had the chance to play with a prototype version of the Opera software for Nintendo's portable device, the DS. His post describes exactly how easy the browser is to use and an overview of the features. "Getting online with the Opera...

  • EA Announce Need For Speed: Carbon

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    News EA Announce Need For Speed: Carbon

    EA don't hold up, the next Need For Speed game is labeled "Carbon" and to be released on all formats including Wii

    Yesterday, Electronic Arts have decided to make yet another Need For Speed game. The latest will be developed in British Columbia by EA Black Box and will "test the driving skill on treacherous canyon roads". "What starts in the...

  • New Super Mario Bros On Fire

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    News New Super Mario Bros On Fire

    Nintendo announce that the game has passed the 500,000 units mark in just 35 days.

    Nintendo have another Mario winner on the DS, New Super Mario Bros smashes through the 500,000 barrier in the US. "After just 35 days on store shelves, New Super Mario Bros.® for Nintendo DS™ has racked up sales in excess of one half million in the United...

  • Super Paper Mario Logo

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    News Super Paper Mario Logo

    Nintendo release a new version of the Super Paper Mario logo, maybe the last Mario game on Gamecube

    Have Nintendo saved the best for last? After a quiet announcement at E3 last month Super Paper Mario has gathered some well earned praise and already looks like a instant classic. "What at first glance appears to be a 2-D sidescroller ripped...

  • House Of The Dead 3: The Movie

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    News House Of The Dead 3: The Movie

    Game Films, don't you just love them? Yet another HotD movie is on the way according to a Mindfire's Mark A. Altman.

    Wondering what happened to the first and second House of the Dead movies? Don't worry, your not missing much... the first movie was directed by the legendary Uwe Boll and the second, well, went straight to video. House of the Dead 3...

  • Nintendo's Corporate Policy Briefing

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    News Nintendo's Corporate Policy Briefing

    Nintendo have released an English translation & video of their Corporate Policy Briefing held earlier this month.

    Tokyo, June 7th saw Nintendo's Corporate Policy Briefing 2006, this was the meeting where we learnt that Wii release date and price would be announced by September this year. Nintendo have now released the transcript and a full English...

  • Nintendo To Disrupt Game Pricing

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    News Nintendo To Disrupt Game Pricing

    Iwata isn't happy with the game games are priced, he thinks game price range should be more dynamic.

    As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, during a recent media briefing Satoru Iwata slammed the games industry calling its high pricing of games before reductions in later months a "an unhealthy product cycle". "We believe that each software should...

  • First Pokemon Battle Revolution Video

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    News First Pokemon Battle Revolution Video

    Iwata explains how Pokemon will extend connectivity between the handheld DS and Wii console.

    GoNintendo.com have found a copy of the Pokemon Battle Revolution trailer with English narration by Satoru Iwata. He explains how Nintendo expect to expand DS play with Wii. Apparently you will be able to connect with your copy of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl on...

  • Wii Video Roundup

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    News Wii Video Roundup

    Gameworld Network posts an excellent collection of Wii videos from this years E3 show last month.

    Maybe you were in coma, but Nintendo totally rocked E3 this year with Wii. The hardware was so popular show attendees had to queue for hours just to touch the new fangled controller dubbed Wiimote. If you happened to miss the show your in luck,...

  • Wii Development Kits Under $1,800

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    News Wii Development Kits Under $1,800

    Satoru Iwata has stated that Wii development kits will be available for around $1,800 - one tenth the price of a PS3 dev kit.

    Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that third party support is certainly a priority for Wii's success. Often the cost of a development kit, the hardware required to create games, would waver a developer to swing...