RECAP2009-W414 OCT TO 11 OCT 2009
Week of 4 Oct 2009The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
5
-81% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
5
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Crash, Left 4 Dead
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Band Hero
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
MH
Matt Helgeson
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
MM
Meagan Marie
Writing about The Last Guardian
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
JC
Jeff Cork
Game Informer·9 Oct 2009
Band Hero - Game Only Preview - Get Ready To Rock With A Wider AudiencepreviewonBand Hero
PK
Phil Kollar
Game Informer·6 Oct 2009
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Preview - Traveller's Tales Rebuilds This Block-Based AdventurepreviewonLEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.