RECAP2013-W2914 JUL TO 21 JUL 2013
Week of 14 Jul 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
45
+29% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
34
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.
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, WWE 2K14, Saints Row IV
FILED
16 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (2).
KH
Kyle HilliardGame Informer
Writing about Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!, Dead Rising 3, Diablo III
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (4), Saturday (3), Sunday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Angry Birds Star Wars II, Killer Instinct, Strider
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (3), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
LL
Liz Lanier
Writing about Metro: Last Light, Pokémon Rumble U, Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1).
BR
Ben Reeves
Writing about Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Watch Dogs
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 6 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.