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November 2026

11Nov 2026

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Game over on day two: Kansas City’s Meeple-A-Thon pulls the plug mid-convention, and says this year was its last (games news).

Kansas City's Meeple-A-Thon cancelled its tenth-anniversary show partway through, blaming low ticket sales, and says 2026 will be its final convention.

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ghost – end of night: Sonny Boy’s director imagines a world without work, and somehow it is still miserable (anime trailer).

Salon closes after 31 years. SFcrowsnest, which got online four years earlier, raises a quiet glass (opinion).

Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home.

Futuristic: Rockets, Robots And Rayguns Of Space Age Pop Culture by Mark Voge (book review).

A Court of Forgotten Melody goes on a European billboard tour, one ominous sentence at a time (book news).

Trinity takes the graveyard shift: Carrie-Anne Moss joins Halsey’s underground radio horror Replacer (film news).

One light-day from home: Voyager 1 crosses a line no machine has crossed, and unlike V’Ger, it isn’t coming back to look for its maker (science news).

Jurassic Park was right about the blood, wrong about the mosquito: scientists claim 115-million-year-old red blood cells in a Brazilian dinosaur (science news).

Jurassic Park was right about the blood, wrong about the mosquito: scientists claim 115-million-year-old red blood cells in a Brazilian dinosaur (science news).

Spy x Family Season 4 and a second film: Operation Strix has its budget renewed for 2027 (anime news).

Jurassic Park was right about the blood, wrong about the mosquito: scientists claim 115-million-year-old red blood cells in a Brazilian dinosaur (science news).

John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary).

Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news).

Dragon Ball Z Goes To Court, Gorilla Grodd Stands Trial And Arkane Gets Suitors (Offworld Report, 1–5 November 2026).

One light-day from home: Voyager 1 crosses a line no machine has crossed, and unlike V’Ger, it isn’t coming back to look for its maker (science news).

Darth Vader meets Doctor Doom, and the cape budget doubles: Hope Assembles unveils new variant covers (comics news).

Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news).

Doctor Doom in Marvel Rivals: two roles, one ego, if the leakers are right (games rumour).

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Kansas City

November 2026

Game over on day two: Kansas City’s Meeple-A-Thon pulls the plug mid-convention, and says this year was its last (games news).