Recently, I was doing some reading about the Netflix Prize, the $1 million Netflix has offered to the person or team who can improve the movie rental service's recommendation feature by 10 percent. So far, no team has made it, and a big part of the reason is what's being called "the Napoleon Dynamite problem" — the notion that there's just no good way to predict whether people will love or Read more

Gosh! Ugh! If you miss seeing Napoleon, Kip, Uncle Rico, Pedro and Tina the Ilama then you're in luck. Game daily has announced the upcoming release of a new video game by Crave that will bring all the Napoleon Dynamite characters back to life. Made for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS handhelds, Switched has revealed that this game will come in a set of basic mini games - all relating to the movie in Read more

This must be the first contestant in the history of spelling bees who doesn't take himself or the game too seriously. That's because he's a regular 'ole comedian, this kid. That is, if an awkwardly inserted and delivered pop culture reference during a spelling tournament counts as comedy. With this crowd, it didn't. Poor kid. Read more

I can't say that I'm a big fan of World Of Warcraft or video games in general, but I am tickled by the glory dances that the various WOW characters effortlessly bust out on command. And who knew they were inspired by some of our favorite dance superstars? MC Hammer, Wacko Jacko, comedian turned Chippendale's hunk Chris Farley, and Napoleon Dynamite to name a few. Heck yes! Read more