RECAP2014-W194 MAY TO 11 MAY 2014
Week of 4 May 2014The 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
22
-21% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
9
across 1 outlets
GAMES COVERED
15
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 Pokémon Omega Ruby, Risen 3: Titan Lords, Sniper Elite III
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (3).
TT
Tim Turi
Writing about Sunset Overdrive
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (4).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Killing Floor 2
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Friday (1).
BR
Ben ReevesGame Informer
Writing about Alien: Isolation, Destiny
FILED
2 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AR
Andrew Reiner
Writing about MLB 14: The Show
FILED
1 piece
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 4 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.