RECAP2012-W509 DEC TO 16 DEC 2012
Week of 9 Dec 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
12
-14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
7
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
9
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 Crysis 3, Earth Defense Force 2025, Game of the Year
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Saturday (1).
JM
Jeff Marchiafava
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1).
BH
Ben Hanson
Writing about XCOM: Enemy Unknown
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Friday (1).
JC
Jeff CorkGame Informer
Writing about Aliens: Colonial Marines
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.