RECAP2012-W104 MAR TO 11 MAR 2012
Week of 4 Mar 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
45
+181% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
12
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
39
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.
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about Fable Heroes, Bellator: MMA Onslaught, Fable: The Journey
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Mario Party 9, Tales of the Abyss
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Dragon's Dogma, Max Payne 3, Silent Hill HD Collection
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (3).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, EVE: Dust 514, I am alive
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, BioShock Infinite, Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 7 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.