RECAP2012-W065 FEB TO 12 FEB 2012
Week of 5 Feb 2012The 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
22
+0% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
17
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.
MH
Matt HelgesonGame Informer
Writing about Jak and Daxter Collection, Grand Slam Tennis 2, UFC Undisputed 3
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Shoot Many Robots, Spec Ops: The Line
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Major League Baseball 2K12, FIFA Street, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Thursday (1).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Shank 2
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Warp, Army Corps of Hell
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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.