When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience -- and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs

NEW ORLEANS -- A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation's biggest sporting event on hold for more than a half-hour Sunday, interrupting an otherwise electric, back-and-forth game that ended with Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens as NFL champions thanks to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktsFcooIG8

14 minutes of stunning game play from Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Some commentary from Hideo Kojima is sprinkled throughout, as the preview was part of a panel discussion during PAX Prime in Seattle.

http://thedailywhat.cheezburger.com/geek/tag/metal-gear-solid-ground-zeroes

The Perseid meteor shower has been observed by humans for at least 2,000 years. It occurs each year in late July and early August when the Earth passes through a trail of dust and ice from the comet Swift-Tuttle. This dusty debris slams into Earth's atmosphere at more than 130,000 miles per hour and burns up, creating the fiery meteors seen by observers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48637438/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UCheOqNvbmR