RECAP2009-W4425 OCT TO 1 NOV 2009
Week of 25 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
10
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
9
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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.
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Cars Race-O-Rama, Way of the Samurai 3, Wii Fit Plus
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
AG
Annette Gonzalez
Writing about BioShock 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Risen, Torchlight
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Dark Void, Death From Above
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
MM
Meagan Marie
Writing about Fairytale Fights
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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.