RECAP2010-W328 AUG TO 15 AUG 2010
Week of 8 Aug 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
7
+17% 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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Yoostar 2: In the Movies
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BV
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MM
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 BioShock 2, Fable III, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Yoostar 2: In the Movies
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Metroid: Other M
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 11
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1).
BV
Bryan Vore
Writing about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 1 writers filed this week.
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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.