RECAP2010-W1618 APR TO 25 APR 2010
Week of 18 Apr 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
5
+150% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
4
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
5
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.
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about 3D Dot Game Heroes, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Halo: Reach
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about NCAA Football 11
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (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.