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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  • Miyamoto Webchat.tv Webcast Online

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    News Miyamoto Webchat.tv Webcast Online

    British Gaming Blog uploads a full transcript and video of this rare broadcasted interview with a living legend.

    Miyamoto has been extremely busy in Europe this past week, as we earlier reported he would take part in a telecast interview with website, WebChats.tv where gamers would be able to submit their own questions to the man behind Nintendo...

  • Miyamoto Not Phased By Sony

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    News Miyamoto Not Phased By Sony

    The expected dual launch between Sony and Nintendo doesn't worry the grandfather of games.

    With Miyamoto's recent trip to Europe, he seemed to stop off at pretty much every press opportunity he had, what a 54-year-old legend. When in London, he stopped briefly in talk exclusively to The Observer, the over-sized newspaper of England. Seeing as the...

  • Zelda Confirmed To Use Revolution Controller

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    News Zelda Confirmed To Use Revolution Controller

    Miyamoto confirms that Zelda: Twilight Princess will take full advantage of Revolution and its controller...

    One of the biggest rumours floating around in Nintendo waters has been about the upcoming Gamecube title, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and its "compatibility" with the next-generation console, the Revolution. Whilst visiting in...

  • Summer Wait For New Super Mario Bros.

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    News Summer Wait For New Super Mario Bros.

    Nintendo refuse to give a specific date for the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. game, but say Summer 2006.

    Nintendo have said the New Super Mario Bros. game won't reach us in Europe until summer 2006. Oh well, there are already plenty of games to buy in May, we'll hope to see it in June/July. All Mario fans have fond memories of the franchise's...

  • Sony Officially Delays PlayStation 3 Launch

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    News Sony Officially Delays PlayStation 3 Launch

    After all the rumours, all the hype, its true. Sony officially announce the delay of the next generation PlayStation.

    Recent concerns from the Sony faithful led us to believe that the PlayStation 3 delay was merely a rumour have been squashed today as Sony games chief Ken Kutaragi, today announced the delay of the upcoming console. Sony had until...

  • European Brain Training Begins In May

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    News European Brain Training Begins In May

    Nintendo reveal that unique Nintendo DS title Brain Age: How Old Is Your Brain? will release 19th May.

    Today Nintendo brains have announced the release of this Brain game in Europe, once again a few months later than its American version. Exercising, eating healthily and maintaining a good work/life balance are all essential to help keep fit and...

  • Pokemon Linked To May

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    News Pokemon Linked To May

    Nintendo all set to drop another Pokemon flavoured bomb into Europe on May 5th, this time for Nintendo DS.

    Today Nintendo release further information and a release date about the upcoming Nintendo DS Pokemon title, Pokemon Link. Featuring over 380 characters from the Game Boy Advance Pokémon video game series, Pokémon Link challenges players to...

  • Inside The Opera Browser

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    News Inside The Opera Browser

    Cubed3 puts the questions to the people at Opera, who recently announced its pending web browser for Nintendo DS.

    Our friends over at Cubed3 have had a chance to quiz Berit Hanson, the Opera PR Manager for devices about the upcoming Opera web browser for Nintendo DS. The interview, posted today, covers a bunch of questions you might have about the...

  • May Named As Hunting Season

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    News May Named As Hunting Season

    "The wait for the interstellar bounty-hunters, and gaming's toughest heroine is finally over" - Nintendo

    One of the hottest titles on the Nintendo DS at the moment is released next week in the US, however Nintendo have today announced that European gamers will have to wait another month or so as Metroid Prime Hunters will be released on May 5th...

  • Nintendo's Princess To Arrive In May

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    News Nintendo's Princess To Arrive In May

    Nintendo announces the release of Super Princess Peach on Nintendo DS in Europe as May 26th.

    Get ready boys and girls, Super Princess Peach is ready to pack her first solo punch. Today, Nintendo announce that the Nintendo DS title will be available in May. Here's the low-down on the new adventure platformer. At first glance Peach definitely looks...

  • IGN Snag Revolution Dev Kit

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    News IGN Snag Revolution Dev Kit

    Those extremely lucky kids over at IGN have bagged a Revolution Dev Kit and decide to tell us all about it.

    Reggie recently revealed that Revolution Development Kits had been shipped off to games developers around the world, IGN have reported on a "Hands On" session with one of the kits. The freehand-style remote included in the preliminary kit is...

  • Question Miyamoto

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    News Question Miyamoto

    Nintendo frontman to be grilled by the public via an online webchat this coming Friday 17th March 2006.

    Miyamoto needs no introduction, you all probably know who he is. Nintendo have revealed that the man himself will be taking part in an online webchat next Friday via the WebChats.tv website. It's your chance to put your questions to Nintendo's...

  • Exercise Your Brain

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    News Exercise Your Brain

    Nintendo tell us about International Brain Awareness Week and how they're going to help us all.

    Nintendo tells us International Brain Awareness Week begins March 13th and apparently everyone is looking for the best way to exercise their brains. You could be forgiven for thinking your brain is already in good shape, in fact the amount of twists and...

  • Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Gains Momentum

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    News Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Gains Momentum

    Over 1 Million unique players and 27 Million connections Nintendo break into the online market.

    Barely 4 months old and Nintendo's online gaming service "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection" has clocked an impressive 27,000,000 connections with over 1,000,000 unique players. Quite an achievement for such a young service. In previously years Nintendo were...

  • Download Your Games... In The Future

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    News Download Your Games... In The Future

    EA's big European boss reckons digital download distribution will replace physical media within the next 10 years.

    Dr. Jens Uwe Intat of EA Europe states "within the next ten years all entertainment media will be downloaded to a device". Bold statement? actually no, it's probably about right. Speaking at the firm's European HQ in Chertsey, Dr. Intat...

  • The Best Of The Best Of

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    News The Best Of The Best Of

    Microsoft announce a new budget range selling the best of the best for as little as $9.99!

    Cast your eyes back to the "Platinum" range of PlayStation titles, giving you the best games at the best prices a few years after the original release. These strategy has been adopted by the industry as a whole, all the major consoles have had "Best Of" ranges...

  • Metroid Prime Cheaters Will Be Hunted

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    News Metroid Prime Cheaters Will Be Hunted

    Nintendo.com reveal lots of Metroid features in an interview with the games designer, Rich Vorodi.

    Nintendo.com's "NOA Andy" had a chance to sit down with the game designer behind the highly anticipated new Metroid game, Metroid Prime Hunters for Nintendo DS. Rich Vorodi first explained abit about his role in the development and what he was...

  • New Super Mario Bros. Producer Speaks

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    News New Super Mario Bros. Producer Speaks

    Nintendo Power speak to Takashi Tezuka, the producer of the New Super Mario Bros. title for Nintendo DS.

    EuroGamer report on an article in this months Nintendo Power magazine talking to Takashi Tezuka, the director of Super Mario World and producer of New Super Mario Bros. title, who says, "is set to be a return to form rather than a radical...

  • DS Lite: Sold Out

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    News DS Lite: Sold Out

    Japanese go crazy for DS. Just like a new iPod the DS Lite sells out only within hours of its official release.

    Today marks the release of the reformed Nintendo DS dubbed DS Lite. Taking on its smaller form and Apple like good looks its unsurprising that the Japanese Nintendo faithful were out in force as the new unit sells out within hours of going...

  • Coloured DS Lite Problems

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    News Coloured DS Lite Problems

    Woops, Nintendo announce some "problems" that mean the coloured DS Lite won't be available on launch.

    GamesIndustry.biz have today reported that the Japanese launch of the improved DS, dubbed DS Lite, won't include the flavours Ice Blue or Enamel Navy following "unspecified production problems". The launch, on March 2nd, will still include the...

  • 1,000 Revolution Development Kits Shipped

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    News 1,000 Revolution Development Kits Shipped

    Reggie announces that over 1,000 Development kits have been sent out to developers all over the world.

    In the previously reported interview with Engadget, Reggie told us that developers around the world have been receiving an updated version of the development kit for Nintendo Revolution. This is prototype hardware the games developers can use to...

  • Detailed Tetris DS Information

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    News Detailed Tetris DS Information

    Nintendo have released further information on the gameplay modes we should expect in Tetris DS

    One of the most popular games of all time is getting a 2006 revamp, Tetris returns with the imaginatively titled Tetris DS. The game will feature 6 different gameplay modes, each themed on a famous Nintendo franchise such as Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong,...

  • Reggie Just Keeps Talking

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    News Reggie Just Keeps Talking

    The latest interview with Reggie Fils-Aime hits the blogosphere, he talks DS Lite, Revolution & Zelda.

    Engadget have published a lengthy interview with the big boss man, Reggie Fils-Aime. One interesting point, the interviewer, Peter Rojas, asked if we should expect a third iteration of the DS in about 18 months time. Reggie replied: "I...

  • US New Super Mario Bros. Gets May Release

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    News US New Super Mario Bros. Gets May Release

    Nintendo.com announce that the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. game will be released on May 7th in the US.

    Yesterday Nintendo.com announced that New Super Mario Bros, will be released on May 7th in the US, very close to the Japanese version also to be released in May. New Super Mario Bros. is the first original Mario adventure for Nintendo DS and the...