RECAP2010-W495 DEC TO 12 DEC 2010
Week of 5 Dec 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
8
+60% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
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
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JC
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Tron Evolution: Battle Grids
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JM
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.
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Bejeweled 3, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about LittleBigPlanet 2
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Sunday (1).
JM
Jeff MarchiafavaGame Informer
Writing about Tron Evolution: Battle Grids
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about Bulletstorm
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (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.