RECAP2017-W0315 JAN TO 22 JAN 2017
Week of 15 Jan 2017The 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
107
+2% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
77
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
66
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
4
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.
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
Writing about The Forest
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about 1-2-Switch, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (2).
SB
Steve Bowling
Writing about Arms, Disgaea 5 Complete, Fast RMX
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Thursday (1), Saturday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Doom 3, Pit People
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Saturday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Wizkid
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 72 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
RF
Rosie Fletcher
Eurogamer·21 Jan 2017
How a Tetris clone on the front of a tape-player led to spiritual enlightenmentfeature
NC
Nicole Carpenter
Aftermath
Polygon·19 Jan 2017
Skyrim helped me fix my relationship with foodopiniononThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
CA
Clayton Ashley
Polygon
Polygon·16 Jan 2017
Hyper Light Drifter taught me that it was OK to ask for helpopiniononHyper Light Drifter
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.