RECAP2011-W1327 MAR TO 3 APR 2011
Week of 27 Mar 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
23
-30% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
18
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.
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.
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Max Payne 3, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Spider-Man: Edge of Time
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (7), Thursday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Mortal Kombat
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
BV
Bryan VoreGame Informer
Writing about Rush'N Attack Ex-Patriot, Warlords
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 3 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.