I gotta be honest...if I had demonic tentacle monsters and tiny minions at my command, I'd mostly use them to ensure I never washed another dish again.

Video Blips:

• Series protagonist Jackie Estacado is the terror that caps in the night in The Darkness 2's launch trailer. I, on the other hand, am one Bananarama joke away from a pop-culture-reference bingo.

Hit the break to learn how the music gets made in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, get a brief history of Death in Darksiders 2, and see what Kinect can do in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13.

• Big Huge Games audio director Grant Kirkhope walks us through the sounds of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning in this developer diary. I'm impressed that one guy is handling all of the music and sound effects for the game. He also wrote the Donkey Kong Rap, but we're not dwelling on that, OK? He's sorry, and we're going to move on.

• Darksiders 2 protagonist Death has been around for a while. As in, forever. If we can believe this trailer, Death is the most successful photobomber in the history of everything.

• EA Sports lead designer Mike DeVault is here to show you how Kinect works in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13. For ultimate immersion, you could hold a golf club while you play. At that point, though, you might as well just go golfing.