Good afternoon you princes of Maine, you kings of New England, you stalkers of Mark Ruffalo. 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. “What if The Avengers came out in 1978?” is a question I’ve never asked. But quarv answered it anyway with a mashup that includes 70s versions of The Avengers (love that Iron Man). Bonus points for Paul Lynde as Loki and KISS as his army. [via io9]
2. The band Hot Problems are trying to launch their debut album, so they released this music video for “Party with My Friends” where the words are lip-dubbed to characters from the Star Wars trilogy (There were only three movies shut up shut up I can’t hear you.) [via BioTV]
3. Titanic 2: Cruise Control. Don’t let this iceberg go under 55 mph. [via Slacktory]
4. Do you like Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” (Why would you like that?) but think it could really use more cowbell? We’ve got you covered. [via BestWeekEver]
5. Banner picture: “Symbiote That I Used To Know” by Hillary White (bunch more of her paintings here) [via]
6. Inset picture: The comments at Reddit are also worth a read. We may have another Rome, Sweet Rome situation on our hands here.

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Bulma from Dragon Ball in the bunny costume on laundry day. [via]

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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5 Albums Coming Out This Week That Don’t Suck |UPROXX|

The Best Of The 2012 Drake University Beautiful Bulldog Contest |With Leather|

Side Effects: Mariah Carey’s Top 20 Hip-Hop Collabos |Smoking Section|

The Definitive List of the 20 Worst TV Theme Songs of All Time |Warming Glow|

Charlie Kaufman is adapting a young-adult novel |Film Drunk|

Pizza Hut Unveils Latest Culinary Abomination: Cheeseburger Crust Pizza |UPROXX|

Sharks And Recreation: Adding Sharks To ‘Parks And Rec’ For No Reason Whatsoever |UPROXX|

Mark Wahlberg Undercover, Jake Busey vs. Underground Nazis |Film Drunk|

Watch A 60-inch Vertical Box Jump Through The Lens Of A Camera Phone From 1995 |With Leather|

Bubble Watch: Which Of Your Favorite Shows Will Be Sh–canned? |Warming Glow|

The Carlton Banks Flash Mob |High Definite|

26 Comedians Who Are Smarter Than You |HuffPo|

27 Yoga Positions Demonstrated By Animals |Buzzfeed|

Complete Idiot vs. Weirdest “Stunt” Ever |CollegeHumor via GorillaMask|

More Awesome Behind the Scenes Shots from Famous Movies |Unreality|

How the internet banded together to destroy a successful Korean rapper |Fark|

Guy with No Arms Does Incredible ‘Call Me Maybe’ Cover on the Drums |Brobible|

Valve New Employee Handbook: If a Job Sounds Too Good to Be True, It’s a Job at Valve |Technabob|

VIDEO BELOW: THE FLOOR IS LAVA. |via Arbroath|

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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.)

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Anastasya Zelenova cosplays as Lara Croft. [via]

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.)

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Jeffrey Brown’s Lucasfilm-approved Star Wars kid’s book book Darth Vader and Son poses the question, “What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his son?” I don’t know, you guys. Vader doesn’t have a very good track record with being near Jedi younglings.

The book is available for pre-order thru Amazon and teaches many valuable, relevant lessons to prepare children for today’s economy:

Life lessons include lightsaber batting practice, using the Force to raid the cookie jar, Take Your Child to Work Day on the Death Star (“Er, he looks just like you, Lord Vader!”), and the special bond shared between any father and son.

Continue to the slideshow to see 12 adorable pages from the book and the trailer. Yes, a trailer for a book. Future stuff, this.

[Sources: BleedingCool and Pleated-Jeans]

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