RECAP2013-W324 AUG TO 11 AUG 2013
Week of 4 Aug 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
50
+14% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
11
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
38
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 Pokémon X, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Rayman Legends
FILED
21 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (4), Wednesday (6), Friday (2), Saturday (4), Sunday (5).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, X Rebirth, BeamNG.drive
FILED
13 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (3), Tuesday (3), Thursday (4), Friday (3).
MK
Matthew KatoGame Informer
Writing about NHL 14, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
LL
Liz Lanier
Writing about Fat Princess, Katamari Damacy, Mister Mosquito
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
MA
Matt Akers
Writing about Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl, RunBot, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), 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.