L.A. Noire is right around the corner, and I’m sure to be impossible to contact once I get my hands on it. I’m anxious to experience “The Naked City” bonus case that comes with pre-orders, mainly because I wonder if it has anything to do with the thrash jazz band Naked City.

Video Blips:

• Considering the abundance of its advertising, it’s safe to assume that L.A. Noire will sell quite well. Trailers like these make me forget that this is a video game. Not because it looks realistic, but because the actors look like they actually know what they’re doing.

After the break, see some of the gruesome traps found in Dark Souls, gear up for more adventures with Agent 47 in Hitman: Absolution, and enter the exciting world of automotive espionage in Cars 2: The Video Game.

• Dark Souls has no problem punishing players in some pretty brutal ways. While I can understand arrows to the chest and rhythmic, swinging blades, I’m trying to figure out what the falling blob of poo is for. Maybe it’s meant to shame rather than maim.

• Everyone’s favorite genetically engineered assassin is coming back for more in Hitman: Absolution. I understand that he kills people; however, I believe Agent 47 provides a level of professionalism that everyone should aspire for. Just look at him; he wears a suit and tie everywhere he goes. Even Mardi Gras!

• In Cars 2: The Video Game, the lively inhabitants of Radiator Springs find themselves thrust into a spy organization known as C.H.R.O.M.E. If the cars of human spies tend to get some cool gadgets, imagine what kind of gadgets actual car spies get. If only I could be upgraded with machine guns and oil slicks.