RECAP2011-W0316 JAN TO 23 JAN 2011
Week of 16 Jan 2011The 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
5
-38% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
5
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
4
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
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
MM
MB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Mass Effect 2
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
JJ
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
X-Men: Destiny
OUT NOW
1
PIECES
1 writers · 1 outlets
BR
ALSO PICKING UP · 1 GAMES
Homefront
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.
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Mass Effect 2
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about X-Men: Destiny
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Homefront
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.