RECAP2010-W3926 SEPT TO 3 OCT 2010
Week of 26 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
13
+63% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
TT
TRENDING▲ +300%
Dead Space 2
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
TT
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Costume Quest
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
AG
ALSO PICKING UP · 5 GAMES
Wii Party
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
▲ +300%
Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
OUT NOW
1 writers · 1 outlets
Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
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.
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Bloody Good Time, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Dead Space 2
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 6 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.