RECAP2012-W1218 MAR TO 25 MAR 2012
Week of 18 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
28
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
25
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 Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, The Secret World, The Walking Dead
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Angry Birds Space, Far Cry 3
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Silent Hill HD Collection, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3).
PK
Phil Kollar
Writing about Angry Birds Space, SimCity, Yakuza: Dead Souls
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Armored Core V
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2).
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.