RECAP2013-W1721 APR TO 28 APR 2013
Week of 21 Apr 2013The 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
28
-18% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
13
across 2 outlets
GAMES COVERED
23
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Beyond: Two Souls
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Dragon's Crown, Metro: Last Light, Beyond: Two Souls
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (2).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Lost Planet 3, Madden NFL 25
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Broken Age, Outlast
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Playground, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 8 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.