NewsAnime/manga Yokoso Scooby-Doo! sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to eat everything in sight and accidentally release hundreds of yokai (anime news). Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, the first original Scooby-Doo anime, sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to chase yokai, with OLM animating for Tubi and Cartoon… ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
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NewsCulture Death To The Deepfakes: Sladen’s Daughter Calls Time On AI Sarah Jane. The uploader has now removed the original version featuring Elisabeth Sladen’s AI likeness. DigitalogMedia says the version now online is the reworked edition,… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsFantasy The Last King of Faerie: Cassandra Clare starts closing the Shadowhunter shop, with three books and four years to go (book news). Cassandra Clare's The Last King of Faerie, book one of The Wicked Powers and the final Shadowhunter trilogy, is out today. Mind the… ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
NewsHorror Dead-End Job clocks in at No. 2 on Netflix’s global chart, proving the gig economy really is a horror show (TV news). Korean horror Dead-End Job hits No. 2 on Netflix's global chart and tops 14 countries. Lee Jae-wook's deadly part-time jobs, the reviews and… ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
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NewsScifi Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news). Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Prix Utopiales 2026: Claire North and RJ Barker win in Nantes, and Britain forgets to send a reporter (awards news). Claire North's Slow Gods wins the 2026 Prix Utopiales in Nantes, and RJ Barker's The Bone Ships takes the Prix Julia Verlanger. ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
NewsCons Physint at Beyond the Strand: Kojima shows his homework, and it looks suspiciously like Metal Gear (games). Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display. ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
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NewsDoctor Who John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary). John Leeson, the actor who gave Doctor Who’s robot dog K9 his clipped, faintly pompous and thoroughly lovable voice, has died at the… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news). Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan on 3 November, Godzilla's 72nd birthday, and in North America via GKIDS on 6 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsOffworld Report Clayface Oozes To The Top, Warcraft Rolls For Initiative And Essen Runs Out Of Halls (Offworld Report, 22–31 October 2026). Clayface tops the box office, Yaga lands, D&D meets Warcraft, Essen sets a record and PSA's stolen cards get a checklist. Genre news,… ColonelFrog / 31 Oct 2026
NewsCulture Make it so, Ma’am: the Guards play Star Trek, NASA finds a starship and the West End dims its lights for Sir Patrick Stewart (news). West End theatres dim their lights for Sir Patrick Stewart at 7pm on 3 November, after a Guards band played Star Trek at… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
TrailerGames Fate of the Galaxy: the free Star Wars dogfighter that spent nineteen years in the hangar (trailer). Fan-made Star Wars space combat sim Fate of the Galaxy, built on FreeSpace 2, is out free for PC, Mac and Linux after… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news). LeSean Thomas's six-part steampunk western Bass X Machina, with Brian Tyree Henry as lawman Bass Reeves, premieres on Netflix on 3 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsHorror Clayface out-grosses The Substance, and Hollywood discovers there’s money in melting faces (film news). Clayface passes The Substance to become the highest-grossing body-horror film, with $83m worldwide on a $44m budget. Hideo Kojima approves. ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
