GreatQueenLina cosplays Aion: Tower of Eternity 2. More pictures at TDW.

It’s that time of the week where we post a mixed bag of intriguing costumes we spotted recently. Some of it’s new; some of it isn’t; all of it is worth highlighting.

Are you a cosplayer or cosplay photographer who would like to be featured on Gamma Squad? Upload your photos to our Flickr group to be considered.

Onward to the gallery:

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Irene Gallo of Tor Books put together a great selection of science fiction works of art which reference famous paintings and prints like John Mattos’ fantastic C-3PO upgrade of Marcel Duchamp’s groundbreaking cubist/futurist Nude Descending a Staircase. Sidenote: I’ve seen that painting of Duchamp’s up close in Philly, and man was it even stranger and dissettlingly awesome in person, in no small part because the nude figure is about the same height as you when you look at it, and they hanged it at just the right height to seem like this creepy figure was nearing the end of the staircase and coming right at you. Nightmare fuel.

We’ve collected our ten favorites along the famous works they reference (plus a bonus picture) from Irene Gallo’s gallery at Tor Books starting on the next page. Thanks to Neatorama for the assist.

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As I’ve mentioned before, I’m more into Star Trek than Star Wars. Why? Well, for one, the Trek fanbase just seems a little more rational — a little less, I dunno, constantly enraged about nothing.

Case in point, every time Lucas goes back and replaces some musty old puppet or terrible stop-action animation with CGI, Star Wars fans howl and rend their clothing like somebody has just thrown turpentine on the Mona Lisa. Star Trek fans on the other hand don’t really get that fussed about that kinda stuff. Every time an old Star Trek series is released in a new format they re-do the effects, and Trekkies just sort of shrug and go “hey yeah, that does look better. Cool.”

Also Star Wars guys all fly their spaceships all uptight like “traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops!” while Star Trek guys are all leeeaning back in their easy chairs and being all “Warp 5 Number One”.

Anyways, enough “Star Wars and Star Trek people” from my stand-up routine. Hit the jump to check out a video of what The Next Generation will look like on Blu-ray…

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A few days ago we posted this gallery of 35 geeky valentines, and, as is inevitable, we then found several more cards we missed (technically more than 40, but we like nice round numbers). Those start on the next page.

It’s not too late to buy some of these on Etsy or make them yourself for people you care enough about to burn through precious, precious printer ink. And, if you happen to know Justin Bartha, we demand you make the valentine above and slide it under his door anonymously. I’m pretty sure a dollar bill wants me to tell you that. The dollar bill is trying to tell me something.

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Dark side, I choose you.

Good afternoon you princes of Maine, you kings of New England, you stalkers of Matt Damon. Here are all the mashup and parody videos I didn’t get a chance to cover, thrown in your face like you’re Jodie Foster working for the FBI.

In the offing for today:

1. Pleaseleaveon spared no expense with this improved audio track for Jurassic Park. So beautiful. [via Matt]
2. Tyrion’s confession to Lysa Arryn and Robert in Game of Thrones and Chunk’s confession to the Fratellis in Goonies matches up pretty well. So well we should flog into turtle soup to celebrate. People do that, okay? Don’t judge. [via TheMarySue]
3. A student in Australia made this mashup of Super Mario Bros., Lemmings, Space Invaders, and Doom as a fake ad for iPod skins. Sold. [via Kotaku]
4. CollegeHumor recreated every season (so far) of Breaking Bad as a spoiler-filled 16-bit RPG. Respect the alchemy. [via GorillaMask]
5. Banner picture via Doodle of Boredom.
6. Inset picture via FashionablyGeek.

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Mom and Dad (Homestuck) cosplayed by Renee Britton and Citadel

It’s that time of the week where we post a mixed bag of intriguing costumes we spotted recently. Some of it’s new; some of it isn’t; all of it is worth highlighting.

Are you a cosplayer or cosplay photographer who would like to be featured on Gamma Squad? Upload your photos to our Flickr group to be considered.

Onward to the gallery:

(Click pictures to enlarge.)

Read the rest of this entry »