RECAP2011-W2122 MAY TO 29 MAY 2011
Week of 22 May 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
28
+115% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
10
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.
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
BioShock Infinite
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
PK
MB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
PK
MB
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Alice: Madness Returns
OUT NOW
2
PIECES
2 writers · 1 outlets
JM
JC
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 Iron Brigade, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, NCAA Football 12
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about BioShock Infinite, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Against All Odds
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Alice: Madness Returns, F.E.A.R. 3
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (2).
MB
Matt Bertz
Writing about BioShock Infinite, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 5 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.