Don't be alarmed by the title. This is comedy, not tragedy.

Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash where the term metaverse was first used to describe a shared simulated reality, has tweeted a photo of himself enjoying the Icelandverse.

In the most recent episode of Doctor Who, War of the Sontarans, viewers are introduced to British-Jamaican nurse, Mary Seacole.

With the first female doctor and increasing diversity in characters and stories, no-one would have expected this oddly sour note.

Potato head.

It's not news that Stargate is returning but rather than non-specific claims about being in talks or having submitted proposals, Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright has shared one of his potential pitches that he's written a pilot for in an exclusive with SyFy Wire.

SyFy Wire reports that Disney are rebooting the 90s animated X-Men series.

But the good kind of reboot. Continuation rather than a do-over.

TV Insider reports that season 3 of The Boys will be "a meditation on toxic masculinity" according to showrunner Eric Kripke.

Possibly this will inspire many cries of, "Not more woke garbage," all across the internet in the coming days.

This one is more commentary, but for the Australian audience, potentially also decade old news.

With a much smaller market here, it was long common for TV shows not to make it downunder.

No, this isn't another joke and it's not really called that. We're taking a small creative liberty there.

But this week CEO, Bob Chapek, revealed that Disney is prepared to get in on that metaverse action:

This week saw an interesting confluence of gaming, film and technology.

Unity Technologies, developers of the Unity game engine, announced a deal to acquire film-maker Peter Jackson's New Zealand based visual effects company, Weta Digital.

Inspired by Iceland, an official tourist website for Iceland, has produced a clever ad capitaling on Mark Zuckerberg's recent announcement of Facebook's rebranding and plans for the Metaverse:

Enhanced actual reality without silly looking headsets.