Jeremy MacRae | RetroObserver

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge — Like A Most Improbable Dream…

October 12, 2026 by Jeremy MacRae

A screenshot of The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, depicting Jack looking directly at the camera, **SOUL ROBBER** in hand, saying "You... you're not from Halloween Town, are you!?"

I want those of you unfamiliar with what The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge is to take a moment and imagine what a video game followup to the original movie would look like. Personally? I’d imagine some sort of Super Mario 64 or Banjo-Kazooie-esque platformer. The movie shows five holiday worlds that we never see, … Read more

Pokèmon Red and Blue – Back When Pokèmon Wasn’t Pokèmon

August 31, 2026 by Jeremy MacRae

A character asking "you looked at me, didn't you?"

It’s easy to dismiss Pokémon Red and Blue as ‘having aged poorly.’ And, to an extent, coming back to the original Game Boy from the Switch, many of the quality-of-life features present in later generations are sorely missed. It’s certainly annoying to have to deal with the item limit, for example — I could not … Read more