RECAP2024-W5222 DEC TO 29 DEC 2024
Week of 22 Dec 2024The 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
126
+59% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
53
across 9 outlets
GAMES COVERED
243
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
0
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.
AH
Alana Hagues
Writing about Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, Animal Well, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
FILED
13 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (7), Wednesday (1), Thursday (3), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
GL
Gavin LaneNintendo Life
Writing about Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Can of Wormholes, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
FILED
10 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
JN
Jim NormanNintendo Life
Writing about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Castlevania Advance Collection, Kirby's Dream Land 2
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Tuesday (1), Friday (2).
R
Rps
FILED
9 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (2), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Saturday (1), Sunday (1).
OR
Ollie ReynoldsNintendo Life
Writing about Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, Magical Tetris Challenge
FILED
8 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (6), Wednesday (1), Sunday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 48 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
No first-time writers indexed this week.
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.