RECAP2011-W3314 AUG TO 21 AUG 2011
Week of 14 Aug 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
103
+243% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
14
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
82
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 Batman: Arkham City, Anarchy Reigns, Binary Domain
FILED
18 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (4), Thursday (6), Friday (7).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Mass Effect 3, Batman: Arkham City, Dishonored
FILED
16 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (2), Thursday (8), Friday (2).
AB
Adam Biessener
Writing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, DmC: Devil May Cry, FireFall
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (4), Friday (2).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Dark Souls, Escape Plan, Guild Wars 2
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (3), Friday (2), Saturday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about BioShock Infinite, Dark Souls, Dota 2
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (3).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 9 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.