RECAP2011-W1617 APR TO 24 APR 2011
Week of 17 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
34
+10% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
29
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.
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Tim Turi
Writing about Sonic Generations, Conduit 2, Child of Eden
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Meagan Marie
Writing about Brink, Crucible, New World: Aeternum
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (5).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about NCAA Football 12, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Shadows of the Damned
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (2).
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Adam Biessener
Writing about Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, Gatling Gears, Max Payne 3
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (3).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about LittleBigPlanet Karting
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (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.