I haven't been here in about... three years ?
Well, I just finished Psychonauts, and returned here to deal with the massive Meat Circus-induced trauma.
(Seriously, for a game about curing psychological Problems, this game causes a great many.)
Also, I just noticed that one of the (old ?) members here is a person I know from another place; both DeviantArt and digibutter.nerr.biz. It's a small net after all.
P.S. Am I the only one who found hitting the Butcher in the first fight nigh-impossible ? Ford's incessant "punch him !" only annoyed me. In the end, I settled for levitation-bombing him. :D
Yes, your post has given this forum enough jolt of electricity to keep it running for a while.
I did a combo of lev ball, probably bombing, and mainly the shield. You wait for his cleaver to get stuck, climb up his arm then whack him. I find the 2nd and 3rd fights a lot easier, which goes against the norm of multi-encounter boss fights in video games.