RECAP2011-W5011 DEC TO 18 DEC 2011
Week of 11 Dec 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
23
+53% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
21
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 Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gotham City Impostors
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (4), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about I am alive, Prototype 2, The Last of Us
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (3).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Dark, Guild Wars 2, Kid Icarus: Uprising
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Blackwater, Joe Danger: Special Edition, Kung Fu High Impact
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Street Fighter X Tekken
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 3 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.