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ONLINE TOPICS
1. The X-Files (with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, above)
2. Why Nine Inch Nails rules
3. Courtney Love.still
4. What's wrong with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Voyager
5. Why Keanu Reeves does or does not suck
VIDEOGAMES
1. Virtua Fighter Remix Stunningly retooled figures let you see the anatomy of a brawl.
2. Mortal Kombat 3 (right) The MK craze begins anew with a home version of the arcade hit.
3. Ridge Racer Right now, the best racing game on any system, plus you can sub your fave audio CD for the music soundtrack.
4. Killer Instinct Characters slash and wallop with surprising smoothness and speed.
5. Jumping Flash How novel: a first-person perspective game without guts, guns, or gore.
AMERICA ONLINE PINUPS
1. Cindy Margolis On her, swimsuits are always in style.
2. Alicia Silverstone Fans have a crush on the Clueless star.
3. Elizabeth Berkley Downloaders lap up the actress' scenes from Showgirls.
4. Chris O'Donnell He's a wonder in shots from Batman Forever.
5. Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (below right) The Beverly Hills vixen's downloads total fewer than 90,210, but she makes the grade.
HARDWARE
1. Virtual Boy (right) With this Nintendo device, you literally have to see the eye-popping 3-D graphics to believe them.
2. Sony PlayStation The most compact videogame console to date packs a bigger punch than its fellow 32-bit competitors.
3. EasyPhoto Reader Turning snapshots into screensavers is, well, a snap with this scanner and software from Storm Software.
4. Clear-Plastic Game Boy Nintendo's transparent doohickey is a great conversation starter for those long commutes home.
5. Aura Interactor Strap on this vest from Aura Systems, and you can actually feel the kicks and punches as you play games such as Mortal Kombat 3.
CHAT ROOMS
1. Fox TV Chat Room (http://www. foxnetwork.com) If you want to discuss the finer points of Melrose, 90210, The X-Files, and The Simpsons (including Lisa, opposite, bottom), why not go right to the source?
2. Cyber-Note (http://webchat. service.digital.com/) Fans and musicians talk about you-know-what. If you get logy, step into the coffeehouse next door.
3. The Undernet IRC Network (point your IRC client to undernet.org, port 6667) A great place to hang and watch randy high school and college students pretend to be older than they are, flame randomly, and desperately try to pick one another up.
4. Celebrity Circle (America Online, keyword: OLDS) Every weekday, the Good Olds Guys sponsor this celeb conference, offering such folks as Sandra Bullock.
5. The IRC Gallery (http:// www.powertech.no/IRCGallery) Not quite a chat room, but a place where you can scope pics of folks you've met on #NetSex. Question is, do you really want to know?
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