Now with movies and pictures! …And also on YouTube

If you're looking to get more fun out of campaign mode for the original Halo and now also Halo 3 and ODST, you're in the right place because there are around 400,000 words of cyborg-happy yammering here, largely devoted to that goal. For the former there's a massive section of fun including detailed accounts of the four megabattles available, and there's also a large section of combat tips to help you in the field. You'll find plenty more besides, including some biting frontline insights from ace reporter Suzie. Halo 3 material includes a section of novel fun to enjoy, and I've started one for ODST too. I'm also now producing gameplay movies and gradually adding pictures to my written material (click thumbnails to enlarge), to enhance the Bad Cyborg experience. So come on in and get a bit of red mist worked up under your visor!

• July 9th: Yggdrasil thrall onslaught challenge
  In the Tomb Raider Underworld section I've added the Yggdrasil thrall onslaught challenge, some combat you can really get your teeth into.
• June 20th: Twin bridges megabattle pictures
  Added pictures to my battle plans for the twin bridges megabattle, and also did a bit more text revision there.
• June 15th: Tackling the Library's two door attack
  I remembered I had something I've been meaning to finish off and post about the bit in The Library where you get trapped between two doors, with a whole lot of Flood for company. So here it is without further delay, complete with pictures: Tackling the two door attack.
• June 13th: Twin bridges megabattle movies
  My latest movies illustrate two battle plans for the twin bridges megabattle, featuring 52 covies and 16 Marines. BCM17 shows a left side defence with needler and AR while BCM18 shows a platform ambush with rocket launcher and AR. I've also done some revision of the twin bridges megabattle section. That mostly involves the battle plans, but I've also added pictures to the basic plan for setting things up.
• June 6th: Viewing Lara
  In the Tomb Raider Underworld section I've added Viewing Lara, a page describing various ways of getting novel views of your favourite pistol wielding tomb raider.
• May 29th: Dedicated RSS feed for TRU
  I've now set up a dedicated RSS feed for my Tomb Raider Underworld updates, for folk only interested in that part of the site. See the TRU section to subscribe. The site's main feed will continue to advertise all site updates.
• May 28th: Improvements on last update
  After my last update I realized that Lara's odd state described in 'Water weapon glitch' could also be achieved on land. In fact I got a much better understanding of things, enabling me to make quite a few improvements. I've replaced that item with Quasi target-locked state plus three bits of fun thereafter. I've also replaced 'Pistol and secondary in water' with the more general Pistol and secondary in separate hands. Also, I've generalized the methodology for the persistent weapon glitch.
• May 26th: Tomb Raider Underworld fun
  New material added to my Tomb Raider Underworld section. I've started a section of fun, describing novel things to do. Seventeen items so far; more coming later. Especially check out Shark tagging; I've been having a lot of fine sport with that. And if you like a bit of slapstick, see Stone smackdown.
• May 19th: T&R boarding battle movie
  My latest movie is BCM16, showing the opening battle aboard the Truth and Reconciliation fought on Legendary with AR & grenades only, saving all five Marines. It relates to my old Boarding challenge article - now expanded and with pictures.
• May 9th: Bad Cyborg goes tomb raiding
  What's this? Lara Croft at Bad Cyborg? Yes, I know she doesn't slay Grunts, but there was no stopping her. She just barged in with pistols drawn and demanded that I start writing about her latest exploits. Well, there was no arguing with that. Besides, if she ever did bump into any Grunts, I'm sure she'd slay 'em good and proper! So let me hereby announce that Bad Cyborg now has a Tomb Raider Underworld section tucked away in the corner, which I've started off with a piece about Lara's idle actions. Ok, you can put those pistols away now Lara - you only had to ask you know.
• April 20th: Falling Grunts - two movies
  Two new movies for you, relating to the situation described in my Danger! Falling Grunts article - now much expanded and with pictures - about a clumsy bunch of hilltop Grunts in The Silent Cartographer. BCM14 shows a play of the whole thing and features a Grunt going grenade crazy, giving me a 15-grenade barrage, while BCM15 is a fast-paced comedy action montage of grunty suffering. Yay!
• April 3rd: Pics and text added
  Partly playing catch-up with the release of BCM8 a while back, I've now added fun-filled pictures to the following bits of AOTCR fun: Seven extra Marines and a hog, Three extra Marines and a hog, An extra Warthog, Marine-retaining Warthog, and Marineless first snow battle. I also did quite a bit of text revision and expansion amongst that lot. That last piece was originally a section within my seven-extras piece but it made sense to separate it out. I've likewise extracted Johnson's hidden all-clear speech and Pelican Marines reprieve. And hey, BigGruntyThirst has done a video exploiting the seven-extras trick to get two Johnsons and a hog to the end of the level. Nice to know Bad Cyborg is coming in useful!
• March 31st: Added dates and bylines
  Phew! I've been through most of the site adding dates to things I've posted (as best I can), especially my bits of gameplay fun. Previously I wasn't in the habit of doing that, but it's obviously helpful to do so and I've been meaning to do it for ages. A few dates are still missing; maybe I'll be able to fill some more in later. I've also added bylines to all the bits of fun previously missing one (the byline is the brief line after the title, serving as further introduction and teaser).
• March 22nd: Three bridge descent movies
  Yep, it's that first bridge in AOTCR again. BCM11 shows two descent methods using the far right ledge. You bounce off to be cushioned by the hog or a rock. BCM12 shows two methods using the near right ledge. In one you manage to stay on the ledge (it's easy to get down from there), while in the other you bounce off to be cushioned by a rock. Includes gratuitous stunt jumps! BCM13 shows the latter two methods done fast for fun. I've released these movies partly to make an appeal for information for an article I'm working on, namely a guide and history to all single-player descent methods. See my HBO forum post about that. If you think you can be of help, please get in touch!
• March 10th: YouTube channel
  I now have a YouTube channel called Bad Cyborg Movies, giving another platform for my movies. I may also feature some extra movies there (i.e. outside my main BCM series), but we'll see.
• March 7th: Dustbowl megabattle movies
  Fresh megabattle action for you, this time in the dustbowl against 45 covies on Normal. BCM9 shows a cliff path defence (with bonus beastie howl at the end - very timely), while BCM10 shows a defence in the small enclosure where you sometimes find a Shade. I've also revised and expanded my dustbowl megabattle section, which now includes almost fifty pictures. Have a look!

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