RECAP2010-W0821 FEB TO 28 FEB 2010
Week of 21 Feb 2010The 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
8
+60% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
6
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
8
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.
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Guilty Party, Last Rebellion, Super Mario Galaxy 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Valkyria Chronicles
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Borderlands
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Deadly Premonition
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
BV
Bryan Vore
Writing about Metal Slug XX
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 1 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
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.