RECAP2012-W4214 OCT TO 21 OCT 2012
Week of 14 Oct 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
21
+24% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
10
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
19
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.
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Aliens: Colonial Marines, BioShock Infinite, Dance Central 3
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Sunday (1).
JR
Jim Reilly
Writing about Assassin's Creed III, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2).
DR
Dan Ryckert
Writing about 007 Legends, The Unfinished Swan
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Dead Space 3
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
KW
Kimberley Wallace
Writing about Dokuro, Mugen Souls
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Thursday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 5 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.