The Madden NFL video game franchise is one of the best selling games year after year. The game is named after Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster John Madden. Since its inception in 1989, the game has evolved and grown a loyal and dedicated fan base that wait outside stores to pick up their copy when the clock strikes midnight. John Madden himself graced the cover of the game until 1999, when players started appearing on the cover. However, once a player appears on the cover, they mysteriously fall victim to "The Madden Curse."

Mascots are usually the human embodiment of a brand. It is a way for everyone to connect with a brand in their own way through the mascot. As we all know though, sometimes mascots for brands just don't make sense. Other times, the mascot makes us not want to buy the brand because the mascot is well...a little creepy.

The 2009 NFL season is just around the corner, and with that, comes fantasy football drafts. Fantasy football is THE fantasy sport. A time for people to gather and debate and for one person to get bragging rights for the rest of the year. Many a dream have been made, and destroyed, during fantasy football drafts.

The decline in the global economy has caused many companies to collapse and declare bankruptcy - see: Circuit City, Lehman Brothers, and Washington Mutual. Other companies have not only survived the economy, but continue to grow and rake in the billions.

Previously, I remarked on a few things that annoy me about Facebook. This time around, I'm going at MySpace. MySpace was one of the first social networking sites launched, and was, for a period of time, the number 1 network (today it is number #2) When Facebook launched shortly after, many people made the switch and have never looked back.

Throughout human history, there have been countless inventions that have changed the way we live and think about the world. The wheel, the formation of steel, the automobile and the television are examples of these life changing inventions. Today, technology is progressing so fast that something new today will be obsolete tomorrow.

You're either on Facebook, or you know someone that is on it. What once started as a cool alternative to MySpace that was open only to college students has exploded into the number 1 social networking site, surpassing MySpace and fending off up and coming Twitter. With the floodgates open, some very serious no-no's were crossed. These are the type of things that can annoy you and even make you think about wanting to quit Facebook (although it'll never happen, because you check it everyday).

Sometimes the worst thing about growing up is having to deal with your evil sibling(s). For the older one, it's a chance to impart wisdom and advice over the younger...or to ruin things for the younger one when they become older. For the younger one, it's a chance to show up the older sibling and defeat them in a battle for parental love. However, on occasion, there have been some sibling combinations that have done pretty well for themselves.

Growing up is a difficult thing to do. You have to deal with things like puberty, school, bullies, evil siblings and of course, parents! Parents were there to guide us along the path of life, but along the way, they had some decisions to make. We were curious beings, asking questions about anything and everything, putting pressure on our parents to answer these naive questions. That's where the lies come in. Parents told us lies partly to protect our innocence, but also so they wouldn't have to hear another annoying question.

Comic-Con 2009 is currently underway in San Diego, California. It is one of the largest conventions for fans of comics, science fiction, video games, and pop culture. Inspired by Comic-Con, here is a list of the top 10 cartoon characters of all-time.

Comic-Con 2009 is currently underway in San Diego, California. It is one of the largest conventions for fans of comics, science fiction, video games, and pop culture. Inspired by Comic-Con, here is a list of the top 5 comic book supervillains of all-time.

Comic-Con 2009 is currently underway in San Diego, California. It is one of the largest conventions for fans of comics, science fiction, video games, and pop culture. Inspired by Comic-Con, here is a list of the top 5 comic book superheroes of all-time.

Twitter is the new social media phenomenon that is sweeping the nation and the world. Celebrities, politicians, and athletes have all joined the site. Here are some tweets that we could have expected if these people had been on Twitter at the time from events occurring June-July 2009.

Happy Independence Day to all of America. In light of the holiday, here are some interesting facts and trivia you may not have known about the 4th of July and about the founding of the United States in general.

Are you feeling the heat wave sweeping across the nation this summer? Are you tired of having to endure temperatures of over 100+ degrees Fahrenheit? Well, today is your lucky day! There are plenty of places around the world where you can go and cool off, and even freeze over if that's your cup of tea. In fact, some of these places have no population at all, so you could start your own society (if you can last the subzero climates). Think of it as a new Jamestown, except instead of cultivating tobacco, the cash crop would be popsicles.

There comes a time when a new fad sweeps the nation and sometimes the world. More often than not, these fads disappear as quickly as they came, leaving only the people who came up with the idea swimming in millions of dollars in profit. It makes you think "Why didn't I think of that?" Well you didn't - yet.

The month of May is over, and now June has arrived. It's incredible how fast the year is flying by. In honor of the new month, here is a short list of major world events that have happened in the month of June (in no particular order).