RECAP2012-W2227 MAY TO 3 JUN 2012
Week of 27 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
23
+64% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
20
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 CastleStorm, Dishonored, Guardians of Middle-earth
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (2), Friday (7).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Doom 3, FIFA 13, Mad Riders
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Among the Sleep, Guacamelee!
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Dishonored, Dragon's Dogma
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about God of War: Ascension
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: 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.