Hollywood Byte #60: Napoleon Dynamite

"There are certain games that I really love," said Heder. "When Halo came out, that's all I played. I'm a big Halo guy. I'm a Nintendo loyalist. I love the Wii. They don't have tons of games yet for it, but it's great. I'm a huge Zelda fan. I just beat the Wii game. I've always been a Zelda fan. It's fantasy. It's going to a different world. It's problem-solving and figuring out clues and how to get around the place. My wife enjoys it. It's something we can enjoy together."

Thanks in part to the Wii and Nintendo DS, Heder is going through a video game revolution.

"Growing up, all of my brothers--I have a bunch of brothers--we'd get every Nintendo system and we'd always get the best of the best games because we didn't have a lot of money," said Heder. "We'd always get the Mario games and the Zelda games and Donkey Kong...the really traditional ones. My twin brother was the one who'd play the games and master them. I'd play them, but I'd also spend a lot of time watching my brother play. But I enjoyed playing. I was a master of Tetris, that was my specialty."

During his college years, Heder said there was a decline in his interest in video games. He didn't have as much time or money to play games. He kept it up a little bit, but recently with the Wii and Nintendo DS...especially with the Wii, being able to play all of the old games, he's becoming hooked again.

"The DS is amazing," said Heder. "It's not a Game Boy any more. We're not fiddling around any more. We have interactive touch screens. Mario Kart DS is amazing. It's so addictive. I've never been angrier in my life because I get so mad when I lose at that game. You can play it with other players wirelessly. So now all of my brothers have a DS and we're going out and trying to buy all of the cool multiplayer games. We're going through a little second Nintendo revolution right now."

Heder said that when he has free time on movie sets, he'll pull out his Nintendo DS and play some Tetris, Brain Age or Metroid Pinball. On Wii, Heder is hooked on Wii Sports, especially the Wii Golf game. He also has been active with the Virtual Console.