Samit Sarkar & Double Fine (KickStarter)

Subject: Samit Sarkar & Double Fine
Sources: Polygon, Kickstarter.
Date Compiled: May 14th, 2015.
Credits: @A_PLANT_'s medium article on various journalist kickstarters / patreons for reference. The rest, original research.
https://medium.com/@A_PLANT_/game-journalists-and-critics-crowdfunding-accounts-984a29e13c9
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Information:
Samit Sarkar was a kickstarter backer for Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine. https://archive.is/ObqdX
Funding period was from Feb 8 2012 to Mar 13 2012 (33 days). https://archive.is/Tet0H

Articles with Potential Conflicts of Interest:
01.11.13: Double Fine interested in THQ games, assets (Polygon) https://archive.is/ltDII
05.14.13: Humble Double Fine Bundle now includes eight Amnesia Fortnight prototypes, documentary (Polygon) https://archive.is/zIZpJ
12.06.13: Wil Wheaton and others join Broken Age voice cast (Polygon) https://archive.is/RAIo9
01.10.14: Broken Age part 1 launches Jan. 14 for backers only (update) (Polygon) https://archive.is/8dLD3
02.21.14: Tim Schafer: Double Fine's plan to split up Broken Age worked (Polygon) https://archive.is/yLhgt

Summary:
Samit Sarkar was a kickstarter backer and later on covered Broken Age. The first two articles only slightly covering Broken Age, but the other three articles covered Broken Age indepth. The articles themselves are professional and objective. The possibility of a conflict of interest is present - given that we have no idea how much was backed, but I would say the articles themselves are probably not affected. For transparency sake, disclosure of his backer status is probably still suggested.