RECAP2010-W365 SEPT TO 12 SEPT 2010
Week of 5 Sept 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
12
+50% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
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
Halo: Reach
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
DR
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
NHL Slapshot
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
MB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BV
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Super Scribblenauts
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Kung Fu Rider
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
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.
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Amnesia: The Dark Descent
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Halo: Reach
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Kung Fu Rider
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Super Scribblenauts
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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.