RECAP2012-W196 MAY TO 13 MAY 2012
Week of 6 May 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
15
-32% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
15
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.
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham City - Harley Quinn's Revenge, SimCity
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Enemy Front, Game of Thrones, The TV Show
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Max Payne 3, Starhawk
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Madden NFL 13, NCAA Football 13
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (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.