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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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Where’s the beef? Between Harmonix and the PS3, that’s where Samit Sarkar | 3:42 AM on 11.20.2007 20 comments

NOOOOOO! After seeing this story on IGN, an anguished yell nearly escaped my lips (one would indeed have done so, but it was just after three in the morning here on the East Coast, and I had just enough self-control to stop myself). Apparently, Harmonix has decided to give a proverbial giant middle finger to PS3 owners everywhere — or at least, PS3 owners who also have Guitar Hero III for that console (like me). According to IGN, who says that they (and all gamers) were “lead [sic] to believe otherwise,” the Guitar Hero III Les Paul controller DOES NOT WORK with Rock Band. To quote Gollum, Harmonix is also “tricksy” — and not just with their pre-release media, as IGN mentioned: you can plug in the Les Paul’s wireless USB dongle and sync up the controller with it, and the main menu will recognize your input. The fun ends there, however; if you choose any of the modes, the game asks you to plug in a USB mic to continue. The Les Paul controller can be used as just that, a controller — nothing more — i.e., you can’t actually play the game with it. To those of you who are in my situation and asking how things could get worse, they indeed can. In a final discourteous display of disregard for would-be Rock Band-ers on the PS3, the story notes that the Xbox 360’s wireless Les Paul controller works just fine with the game. Wow. My nuts are severely bruised from the kick that they just received. Now, people like me have no recourse if they want to play this game with four players (and isn’t that the point of the game?), because the bundle only ships with one Fender Stratocaster controller, and the individual instruments won’t be able for purchase separately until sometime next year. I’m hoping to every god I can think of that this issue will be remedied with a future patch, because as things are, I’m crying myself to sleep tonight. I know this meme is overused, but it’s certainly apropos: I’m a now. Why, Harmonix, why???