Blog Entries for Alex Hackney

CEVO COD4 Playoffs

ahackney@gamefire.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The playoffs are continuing tonight on Gamefire and I must say, I'm excited about it. Call of Duty 4 is such a good game for this kind of thing. The way the playoffs are going, its one exciting match after another. Team EG is playing Frag D in the lower brackets tonight on the Pro side. Should be an excellent match. The interesting part about the match is to see if Frag D can pull themselves together to win this or not. I belive EG is going to come out swinging so it will be pretty f [...]

What Makes a Good E-Sports Broadcast?

ahackney@gamefire.com — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

When it comes to shoutcasting, I've been around long enough to have seen a lot of things, people, companies, etc come and go. The interesting thing to me is that there is still alot of it going on. As we continue to bring E-Sports commentary to the masses we still have alot of work to do. But the important thing to know, is that we love doing it. There is still nothing quite like experiencing an huge play or uncanny shot live and being able to bring that excitement to you. It makes every [...]