RECAP2012-W2120 MAY TO 27 MAY 2012
Week of 20 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
14
-46% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
7
across 2 outlets
GAMES COVERED
13
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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 Dead Island, Game of the Year, Joy Ride Turbo
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (3), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Dead or Alive 5, Sorcery
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about 007 Legends, Dirt Showdown
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Thursday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
Writing about Tokyo Jungle
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 2 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.