RECAP2011-W1510 APR TO 17 APR 2011
Week of 10 Apr 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
31
+48% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
25
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.
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Asura's Wrath, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Dragon's Dogma
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (7).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Battlefield 3, Dear Esther, F.E.A.R. 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about SSX, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Resistance 3, Twisted Metal
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
JM
Jeff MarchiafavaGame Informer
Writing about SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 8 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.