RECAP2022-W402 OCT TO 9 OCT 2022
Week of 2 Oct 2022The 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
86
-26% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
72
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
67
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
1
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.
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Fraser GilbertPure Xbox
Writing about Gotham Knights, The Callisto Protocol
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Wednesday (1), Friday (2), Saturday (2).
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Ed Thorn
Writing about Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Moonbreaker
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
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Alice O'Connor
Writing about Weird RPG
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1).
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Katharine Castle
Writing about Airborne, Forever Skies, Scars Above
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
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Kate Gray
Writing about Portal 2, SunnySide
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 67 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
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Nico-Deyo
Polygon·3 Oct 2022
Elden Ring’s Malenia embodies FromSoftware’s problems with womenopiniononElden Ring
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.