RECAP2011-W3024 JUL TO 31 JUL 2011
Week of 24 Jul 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
26
-28% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
22
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 Batman: Arkham City, Dirt 3, Madden NFL 12
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Rage, SSX
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Crimson Alliance, Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition, SoulCalibur V
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Thursday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Catherine, Metro: Last Light
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (1).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Diablo III
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Sunday (2).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 6 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.