RECAP2016-W106 MAR TO 13 MAR 2016
Week of 6 Mar 2016The 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
140
+4% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
93
across 15 outlets
GAMES COVERED
81
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
2
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 Doom, Frozen Synapse 2, Labyrinth
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (3).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, Star Ghost
FILED
6 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
CT
Connor Trinske
Writing about Book of Demons, Carmageddon: Max Damage, MXGP2: The Official Motocross Videogame
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about Kelvin and the Infamous Machine, Need for Speed, Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Clicker Heroes, Tharsis
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 88 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
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.