The upcoming Tron Legacy movie is, naturally getting a game treatment. And, of course, it has light cycles. Super cool, highly explosive light cycles. With fancy neon and everything.

But, even better, not they can jump.

In the Wii version of this Disney game, titled Tron Evolution, you hold the WiiMote sideways, a la an old school NES controller, and can move it like a steering wheel to control the cycle. That will give you nice, smooth turns. But, if you want the hard cor 90-degree turns, you press the + button left or right.

Every year I receive a bundle of holiday greetings from various game and entertainment companies usually in the form of a nice postcard signed by the PR staff.

In the past some some companies would include a little gift with their card (Sony) but, more recently, companies are opting for less expensive and more eco-friendly digital cards sent via email. Even in the less paper-y format, they often include characters from the company’s more popular games.

Here’s a collection of Christmas and Holiday cards I’ve received celebrating 2009…

One of the classics of science fiction is making its return to the movie screens with the upcoming Tron Legacy. Now, as it is the custom with most movies these days, a video game is also in the works and a quick teaser has been released.

The trailer shows several quick scenes depicting classic elements from the original movie. First you can get a glimpse of someone catching what looks like a disk, one of the staple weapons in the movie. There’s also a scene with a Recognizer, a towering two-legged machine resembling something out of Space Invaders. You can also get a look at the new version of the always awesome Light Cycles and, finally, there’s something about a virus.

For those of you who dig retro games – and those who have retro gaming gear like the X-Gaming Tankstick – you might want to download these three Tron homebrews. Each of the games has a slightly different take on the infamous light cycle segment of the movie. FLTron2.0 Onlineis Flash based game you can more »