I played and completed Tron 2.0 last week. Pretty cool game, especially playing it on a 61" wide screen display with 7.1 surround sound! 🙂
Monolith and Touchdown did a really good job on the Tron glow effect. I also liked the Tron fiction, look, and especially the disc weapon. My favorite levels were the city and the Alliance level, in addition to the early levels that had a more Tron movie like feel.
The story seemed to get weaker toward the end of the game. For example, I didn’t like how the virus storyline ended early (I actually liked the virus storyline better than the overall fCon storyline). I liked the alliance with the ICPs and was disappointed that it ended so quickly.
Overall, I give Tron 2.0 a positive review and recommend it for some enjoyable single player gaming.
Do you support protecting nature and the environment? Most of us will answer yes. Many of us even give money to environmental causes, and many perform volunteer work at local parks and preserves.
But do the things in our everyday life reflect our environmentalism? For example, landscaping with non-native plants and non-native lawns wastes large amounts of ever more precious water, and increases dangerous pesticide and herbicide use which kills beneficial insects and pollutes our water sources. Lawns usually involve mowers, trimmers, and leaf blowers, which emit air and noise pollution. Non-native plants do not reflect our home area, and are not the plants butterflies and hummingbirds are searching for.
Native plant landscaping is much more environmental than traditional exotic landscaping. Native plants and native lawn grasses in general require little to no supplemental watering, and are resistant to diseases and insects and thus reduce use of and pollution from pesticides and herbicides. Native plants also increase our sense of place, making our home area unique and different from those in different parts of the country.
Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds are looking for the native plants. By creating a backyard wildlife habitat, we can have a beautiful garden and attract the critters that we enjoy watching. We can even reduce or eliminate your lawn, reducing yard work while reducing pollution and increasing the number of attractive plants and critters around our homes.
Not only is native plant and wildlife landscaping attractive and enjoyable, but it is also a moral imperative in today’s world of increased environmental damage and habitat destruction.
