RECAP2023-W5224 DEC TO 31 DEC 2023
Week of 24 Dec 2023The 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
115
-23% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
65
across 13 outlets
GAMES COVERED
248
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
9
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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Alice Bell
Writing about Mask of the Rose, The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales, This Bed We Made
FILED
11 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), Thursday (1), Friday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
LC
Liam CroftPush Square
Writing about Resident Evil 4, Lies of P, Cocoon
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Friday (1), Saturday (2), Sunday (2).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Afterdream, Akka Arrh, Blanc
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
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Robert RamseyPush Square
Writing about Final Fantasy XVI, Game of the Year, Baldur's Gate III
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (2), Saturday (2), Sunday (1).
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Ben Kerry
Writing about Forza Motorsport, Starfield, Ghostwire: Tokyo
FILED
7 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Friday (3), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 60 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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Robbie Owen
Nintendo Life·30 Dec 2023
Donkey Kong Cymru: The Extremely Brief History Of Welshness In Nintendo Gamesfeature
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Tokyo Game Life
Nintendo Life·28 Dec 2023
A Visit To '84 Hashi', Tokyo's Secret Nintendo Staff Bar Now Open To Youfeature
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Shaun Manning
Nintendo Life·28 Dec 2023
8-Bit Wolf - Remembering The NES Game Teaching Kids To Conquer Wall Streetfeature
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.