RECAP2013-W491 DEC TO 8 DEC 2013
Week of 1 Dec 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
18
-31% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
8
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
18
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 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Skull Kid
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Friday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
MH
Matt Helgeson
Writing about Broken Age, Tearaway
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (2), Friday (1).
MF
Mike Futter
Writing about The Banner Saga, The Elder Scrolls Online
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
MM
Matt MillerGame Informer
Writing about Shadowrun: Dragonfall
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1).
JJ
Joe Juba
Writing about Zoo Tycoon
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 3 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.