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Queen's Domain is out: a King's Field-style dungeon crawl where your sword doubles as a jet pack. Excalibur never had an upgrade path like this. Every corridor still wants you dead, mind. sfcrowsnest.info/queens-doma… @QueensDomain_ #QueensDomain #RPG #indiegames

A fan serial used AI to bring back Elisabeth Sladen's Sarah Jane, and her daughter Sadie Miller isn't having it: Mum never said yes. The show got there first: in 1975 the Kraals built a fake Sarah Jane, and she was the villain. sfcrowsnest.info/ai-sarah-ja… #DoctorWho #SarahJaneSmith

Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold slips to 23 February, and Yoshi-P bowed his apologies. The consolation is Zephyr, a new crossbow job that fights alongside a bird, which is the most reliable battle plan in the history of warfare. sfcrowsnest.info/final-fanta… @FF_XIV_EN #FFXIV #Evercold

The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, Kim Justice's ZX Spectrum history book from @golden_slumb, hit its Kickstarter target in 98 minutes. Faster than most of us loaded Manic Miner, and with no R Tape loading error. Pledges close tomorrow. sfcrowsnest.info/rubber-keye… #ZXSpectrum #retrogaming

Percy Jackson season 3 took The Titan's Curse to Lucca, with Holt McCallany's Atlas as its first real bad guy. Percy must hold up the sky, which is still easier than a teenage conversation. On Disney+ 20 November. sfcrowsnest.info/percy-jacks… @DisneyPlus #PercyJackson

Over 100 basket makers have reviewed Wicker: Alexander Skarsgård's wicker husband is plaited, not woven, and isn't even willow. Finally, film criticism from people who know how the magic is done. sfcrowsnest.info/wicker-husb… #Wicker #OliviaColman #folkhorror

Peter Medak, director of The Changeling, has died aged 88. He scared a generation with an empty house, a wheelchair and a rubber ball bouncing down the stairs. We still can't look at a staircase. Rest well. sfcrowsnest.info/peter-medak… #PeterMedak #TheChangeling #RIP

AO3 is offline for up to four weeks after a break-in. Good news: all 18.8 million works are safe. Bad news: fandom must wait for chapter 47 like it's 1998. Reused your AO3 password? Change it! sfcrowsnest.info/archive-of-… #AO3 #fanfiction #fandom

Yu-Gi-Oh! Maze of Machines arrives in March: 153 cards, with Bandit Keith's coin-flipping, slot-machine DARK Machines. Finally, a deck that feels like a wet afternoon in a seaside arcade, in the best way. sfcrowsnest.info/yu-gi-oh-ma… @Konami #YuGiOh #TCG

Spoilers! In Captain America #16, Doctor Doom takes over Hell and voids every one of Mephisto's contracts. Somewhere, Peter Parker and Mary Jane are suddenly very interested in the small print. sfcrowsnest.info/captain-ame… @Marvel #CaptainAmerica #DoctorDoom #comics

HBO's Harry Potter has cast its ghosts, the Fat Lady, and David Threlfall as the voice of the Sorting Hat. Leo Bill is Nearly Headless Nick, a part where you really must keep your head. Still no Peeves. Probably hiding. sfcrowsnest.info/hbo-harry-p… @HBO #HarryPotter #Hogwarts

Death Stranding is heading to Disney+ as a hand-drawn anime, Death Stranding Isolations, in 2027. The tagline is "My mom became a crater." The parcels, presumably, still need delivering. sfcrowsnest.info/death-stran… @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN @DisneyPlus #DeathStranding #anime

Sony has bought Mouthwashing, the indie horror game about a stranded space freighter whose precious cargo turns out to be mouthwash. Karyn Kusama directs. Space horror with minty fresh breath. sfcrowsnest.info/mouthwashin… @SonyPictures #Mouthwashing #horror #gaming

Just in time for Halloween: Cryptology #11 gives the Creature from the Black Lagoon four articles, plus Return of the Living Dead designs and TV horror hosts. Our reviewer wonders why Hammer never remade it. British water, probably. sfcrowsnest.info/cryptology-… #horror #Halloween

Exodus shows 40 minutes of gameplay: a station run by awakened space frogs, a half-brother causing trouble, and moral choices that feel very familiar to Mass Effect fans. Paragon and Renegade are now Paladin and Immortal. sfcrowsnest.info/exodus-libe… @EXODUSGame #Exodus #gaming

Gulliver's Travels is 300. Jonathan Swift gave us the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars. His Laputan boffins also spent years getting sunbeams out of cucumbers. Peer review was gentler then. sfcrowsnest.info/gullivers-t… #GulliversTravels #scifi #books

Studio Ghibli's official shop Maison Ghibli is back in London from 7 November, now near Oxford Circus. Calcifer plushes, Totoro teacups and a No-Face cushion that will follow you quietly to the till. sfcrowsnest.info/maison-ghib… #StudioGhibli #Totoro #London

Jennifer Lawrence confirms she's back as Katniss in Sunrise on the Reaping, with Josh Hutcherson too. Woody Harrelson still treats doors as optional. In cinemas 20 November. sfcrowsnest.info/jennifer-la… @TheHungerGames #HungerGames #SunriseOnTheReaping

Sir Patrick Stewart has died, aged 86. The boy from Mirfield who took Shakespeare to the stars: Picard, Professor X, and the finest captain ever to order Earl Grey. Thank you, Sir Patrick. Engage, one last time. sfcrowsnest.info/patrick-ste… @SirPatStew #StarTrek #RIP

Night of the Demon is still one of Britain's best horror films, fire demon and all. Tony Earnshaw's making-of book has Ken Adam's set designs and an early draft that included a golf tournament. Really. sfcrowsnest.info/beating-the… #NightOfTheDemon #horror #books