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Name: Samit Sarkar (pronunciation guide: suh-[rhymes with 'duh']-MITT sar-CAR)
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Currently Playing: (last updated 2/6/10)
God of War II (PS2)
BioShock (PS3)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)
Rock Band 2 (PS3)


The defining moment of my life so far

Hey everybody, I'm Samit Sarkar, and I'm a 23-year-old lifelong gamer from New York (short answer). What's the long answer, you ask? Well, I'm from a bunch of places, actually: I was born in Calcutta, India, and I moved to the States when I was ten months old. I've lived in New York ever since (Queens until I was eight, and Long Island since then). So I figure that 20+ years of living in and around New York City is enough for me to be able to call myself a New Yorker.

I officially became a Destructoid editor in February 2008, but I've been an avid reader of the site since November 2006 (you may know me from my old nom de guerre, "BrOnXbOmBr21"). On the staff, I'm the lone editor who covers sports games, but you may see me do other things from time to time. If you ever have any questions, concerns, props, or hate mail, please see the "Contact Me" section above for ways to get them to me.

I've been into video games for as long as I can remember. In 1990, when I was four, my parents got me an NES, and I've been hooked ever since. I often tell people that I'll play video games until the day I die, and I truly believe that. So here's my gaming history (date in parentheses is when I got the console):

Nintendo Entertainment System (Christmas 1990)*
Sega Genesis (Christmas 1993)*
Sony PlayStation (Christmas 1997)*
Sony PlayStation 2 (December 27, 2000)
Sony PlayStation 3 (December 31, 2006)
Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite (February 6, 2010)

*I no longer have this console
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I may not have a crapload of games, but I do have a rather extensive DVD collection. For the full lists, check out my collections at IGN:

My Video Game Collection
My DVD/Blu-ray Collection

As you can see, I'm a big fan of sports games, action games, shooters, and platformers. Some of my favorite games/series, in case you don't feel like going through my entire collection, are: God of War, Grand Theft Auto, Guitar Hero, Madden, and Prince of Persia. Also, though I've never played any prior games in the series at length, I plan to get into the Metal Gear Solid series in this generation.

Finally, I really think that Destructoid is the greatest place on the internet for video game-related news and things like that -- that's why I spend an inordinate amount of time on the site. It provides a unique combination of resources: news, humor, a phenomenal community, humor, a tremendous amount of knowledge pertaining to video games, and finally, humor. Also, cocks.

Oh, one more thing: I'm what people like to call a 'grammarian', and in my case, that also includes spelling. So nothing you see here, in my c-blog, or in my front page posts, should have any such errors (except for internet memes and the like, such as 'I can has c-blog?', etc.) Let me know if you spot a mistake. Also, I generally correct other people's mistakes, and since it's hard to correct someone without coming off as a dick, please don't take offense if I do it to you. It's only constructive criticism, and even if I'm brusque, I mean well.
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Well, that’s just excessive... Samit Sarkar | 7:04 PM on 02.08.2008 28 comments

Inspired by dvddesign’s recent blog entry on a guy with a 2400-sq.-ft. arcade in his house, I decided to post something similar that I saw over on CNET’s Crave blog, which often features all manner of ostentatiously extravagant gadgets, gear, and the like. What would you pay for the most insane home theater you could possibly imagine? How about, oh...six million dollars? Some of you may be familiar with IGN Gear’s “Ultimate Setup” feature (they’ve done over fifty of them), but this trumps them all, no sweat. Essentially, this guy Jeremy Kipnis, a record engineer/producer, has been engrossed in A/V equipment from a very young age, and he was inspired “to design a home theater with the absolute best picture and sound” — once he could afford it, I guess. The ridiculous room in his home in Redding, Connecticut, which is 26.5 feet wide by 33 feet long, features an 18-foot projection screen. The image that is displayed on it comes from a Sony SRX-S110 digital projector, which features an insane native resolution of 4096 × 2160 (that’s over 8.8 million pixels, more than four times the amount found in a 1080p image). Unfortunately, it doesn’t have an HDCP-compliant HDMI input, so he’s stuck feeding it 1080i video over component connections from his Sony Blu-ray player, Toshiba HD DVD player, and PS3, which the projector upscales to 2160p. But it still looks plenty spectacular, as you can see from the above image, which shows a shot from Ratatouille on Blu-ray Disc. According to the author of the article, Kipnis’ “ultimate goal is to produce a picture that’s an open window to the world.” Of course, those numbers are fine, but what really blew me away was the audio setup in the KSS (“Kipnis Studio Standard”). What do you guys have in your own homes, 5.1-channel systems? Perhaps even 6.1 or 7.1 setups? Yeah, well, this guy went over the top, and his speaker setup delivers 8.8-channel audio via a wide variety of sound equipment, including three center speakers, eight tower speakers, and sixteen 18-inch subwoofers! I’m sure that Al Gore would want this guy dead; all together, the KSS features 11,315 watts of power! So what’s the point of all this? Kipnis says he wants to market this kind of setup to those who can afford it (he’s hoping to be able to demo it to some of Hollywood’s top directors, like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas). It’s about advancing the state of the art, according to Kipnis; the idea is to create an immersive home theater experience using the best-of-the-best in equipment and design. For more information, you can check out the summary on CNET’s Crave blog; the original article, which appears in the Audio Video Interiors section of the February issue of Home Theater magazine; and Kipnis’ KSS website. Oh, and here’s a picture from the front facing towards the back, just for good measure: