RECAP2017-W3313 AUG TO 20 AUG 2017
Week of 13 Aug 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
143
+16% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
102
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
92
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.
EE
Edwin Evans-ThirlwellRock Paper Shotgun
Writing about Observer, Sonic Mania
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (2).
JC
Jeff Cork
Writing about Black Mirror, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1).
JG
Javy Gwaltney
Writing about Observer, Matterfall, E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (4).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Sonic Mania, Piczle Lines DX
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AS
Adam Smith
Writing about Project Highrise, Nidhogg 2, Observer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 97 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.