RECAP2013-W3021 JUL TO 28 JUL 2013
Week of 21 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
41
-9% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
32
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 Do Not Fall, DuckTales: Remastered, Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
FILED
12 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (5), Sunday (4).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about Saints Row IV, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, Outlast
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (3), Thursday (1), Friday (3).
LL
Liz Lanier
Writing about Puppeteer, Invisible, Inc.
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Friday (3).
MA
Matt Akers
Writing about Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Payday 2, Total War: Rome II
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Secret Files: Sam Peters, Disney Infinity, Pikmin 3
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (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.