Brain Assassin

Ever since Mozilla has intro­duced Col­lec­tions I wanted to be able to install a com­plete col­lec­tion with one click. These add-​​on col­lec­tions cre­ated by Mozilla or users are dis­played on the Mozilla web­site but they do not pro­vide an easy way to install a com­plete set. Mas­sive Exten­der is going to change that. Mas­sive Exten­der is a brand new – read: exper­i­men­tal – add-​​on that extends Mozilla’s Add-​​on Col­lec­tor by adding batch install capabilities.

Every add-​​on in a col­lec­tion is included in batch actions by default. You just tick the check box of the exten­sions you’d like to add to your browser. The num­ber of exten­sions marked for instal­la­tion is dis­played in the lower right cor­ner of the header of the sub­scrip­tion win­dow atop the dis­played add-​​ons con­tained in the col­lec­tion. Now all you have to do is to click the Install but­ton and you’re done.

While this add-​​on may not serve any pur­pose dur­ing daily oper­a­tions it will cer­tainly come in handy after the instal­la­tion of Fire­fox or the cre­ation of a new pro­file. This is a won­der­ful idea! Mas­sive Exten­der will cer­tainly become part of my exten­sion. After all, it’s pos­si­ble to dis­able it if you don’t need it. What’s your take on this exten­sion? Will it become part of your add-​​on col­lec­tion too?

Bat­tle­field: Bad Com­pany 2 is here and it sure looks like great fun. I liked the first install­ment of the series well enough but I could never con­vince myself to buy it. I always had the impres­sion that some­thing was off. This time around I’ve already pre-​​ordered the sequel. Judg­ing by mul­ti­ple reviews, the game should be fun. Unfor­tu­nately, the humor from the first part seems to have largely gone AWOL and the single-​​player mode seems to be quite short.

Any­way, a tweaked and upgraded Frost­bite engine does it’s best to deliver gor­geous graph­ics and almost totally destruc­tible envi­ron­ment. You get won­der­ful vis­tas and a sense of depth only a few other games can offer. Appar­ently, the game’s mechan­ics seem to work great and your AI com­pa­tri­ots do their best to sup­port you. A col­lectible weapon sys­tem offers a rea­son to return to the cam­paign though I’ll prob­a­bly just play through it.

The mul­ti­player is where Bad Com­pany 2 deliv­ers. The destruc­tible envi­ron­ment adds an extra tier of strat­egy to the game as you can alter the play­ing field by a few well-​​placed explo­sions. Larger teams are seg­mented into smaller strike forces, called squads. Within a squad, play­ers can choose between four load-​​out kits, each fea­tur­ing its own weapons and unique tools. Con­trary to the cam­paign, where the player has one of the most for­giv­ing aim­ing sys­tems, there will be no aim­ing help any­where in the online mul­ti­player mode.

BC2 has a Meta­critic score of 89 which is rather good. So, how do you feel about Bat­tle­field: Bad Com­pany 2? Already played it? How does it com­pare to Mod­ern War­fare 2?