I’m fed up of pretending The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge isn’t a Christmas game, and a hauntingly good one at that

Growing up in a house with a goth sibling means I am legally obligated to enjoy The Nightmare Before Christmas and anything that Tim Burton touches with his spooky hands. Every Christmas we sit down as a family to watch it, and every year we debate on if it’s a Christmas movie or Halloween movie. It takes place on Christmas, has Christmas in the title and one of the main characters is ‘Sandy Claws’. It is a Christmas movie, and I will die on that hill.The other thing about having a goth sibling is we owned a lot of The Nightmare Before Christmas merchandise. Clothes, toys, books, you name it we had it. One of the things we owned was the 2004 PlayStation 2 game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge. This game is one I look back on fondly, and I would argue it is one of the weirdest, but best games to play on Christmas Day. Move over Die Hard Trilogy, Oogie’s Revenge is here to kick your butt with some sweet, sweet dance moves.Soul Robber! Soul Robber! Soul Robber! Oogie’s Re…

Despite developing a “persistent universe” in Fortnite, Disney seemingly isn’t comfortable with all its characters using guns in a battle royale full of guns

Disney may be developing an increasingly close relationship with Fortnite, but that seemingly doesn’t mean we can expect every fan-favorite character to join the battle royale with a gun in tow. Disney-owned characters had already been part of Fortnite for some time, but in February, it was announced that Disney had bought a $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, in a move that would also see the two collaborate on a new “persistent universe.” Since that announcement, we’ve seen a Fortnite-centric D23 stream hosted within the game itself, another Marvel-focused season, and brand new skins including some of The Incredibles. In a new interview with The Verge, Epic Games executive vice president Saxs Persson says Disney wants a place for “all things Disney,” and “they want to be part of an ecosystem we’ve built.” All that would add up with the sorts of things we’ve seen the two collaborate on so far, but Persson implies that the company isn’t totally comfortable with all of its belov…