It's almost the end of July, which can mean only one thing: It's time to take a look at Bitmob's most-read community article from June. OK, it's a little late, but you guys helped Bitmob set its all-time record for traffic during the month, so we've got to recognize your great work.
June saw a big showing from the women of Bitmob. Meghan Ventura had two articles in the top 10, and my baby sister (not actually a baby, but she acts like one), Christie, took the second spot this month. Yes, her article did better than my best article from the same month. Blah, blah, blah. Nice work, ladies!
Oh yeah, there was that little article from Matthew Orona that we should probably talk about. Matthew's Bitmob debut is not only the most-read community submission of all time on Bitmob -- it's the most-read article on the site, period (that includes staff). Incredible job, Matthew.
10) Understanding Videogame Characters in a Heartbeat: Japan's Blood Type Theory and Video Games by Meghan Ventura
9) How Not to be a Gamz Jarnalist, E3 2010 Edition by Mitch Dyer
8) Five Unlikely E3 News Items by Alex R. Cronk-Young
7) E3 Predictions by Gabe Impelluso
6) Podcasts: Power Rankings by Nick Berger
Hit the jump for the top five.
5) Gaming in a Man's World: Study Quantifies Gender Relations in Halo 3 by Meghan Ventura
4) Wanna Help Gamers Beat Schwarzenegger in the Supreme Court? Here's How... by Hal Halpin
3) Red Dead Redemption: The Price of Progress by Ron Dippold
2) Christie Vs. Zombies by Christie Thomas
1) My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto by Matthew Orona
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Keep these coming! I always find two or three pieces that I missed in the first run :)
Congratulations everyone who made the list
Yes! I finally made the list!
I was excited to see your name there, Alex. Congrats!
Wow, this list is hard to make! I was sure I was going to be on it this time! I beat my hit record twice in a row and couldn't make the list either month. I'm going to have to keep trying I guess.
@Chris: Not sure if this will make you feel better or not, but you were #11 or #12 from what I remember. You missed the top 10 by about 200 hits. You're close!
*sigh* I'm never going to make this list. Big congrats to Matthew; I loved that story and smiled when I saw Kotaku picked it up.
Wow, surprised and glad to see two stories on the list ^^ Thanks to all who read them. Unfortunately, I don't think there's aaany way I'll be on the July list. Guess I'll aim for August? ;)
Mega-congrats to Matthew on getting picked up by Kotaku. Way to go!
I'm curious as to how many hits the #1 post got. I'd love to know what the metrics are, here, to track my own progress at getting into contention for the list. :)
Matt's article was spectacular and really lent itself to cohesive discussion. As an experiment, I posted it on my own forums with an intentionally sparse description to see who would actually follow the link and read it versus who would just rage about what they assumed the subject was, and to my pleasant surprise, barely anyone fell for my trap. It's great that we're moving away from the dark days of headstrong, reactionary posting.