RECAP2010-W2123 MAY TO 30 MAY 2010
Week of 23 May 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
10
+150% 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.
BR
Ben Reeves
Writing about DeathSpank, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, UFC Undisputed 2010
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Blur, New World: Aeternum, Shaun White Skateboarding
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2).
MM
Meagan Marie
Writing about Call of Duty: Black Ops
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Batman: Arkham Asylum
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Alpha Protocol
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.