Article: SCOPING OUT NEW CD-ROMS.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: DR. SPIN Special to the Times Union

While you're staying indoors waiting to see if spring really has arrived, The Doctor has come up with a batch of CD-ROMs to help you use your time wisely -- and one you'd be wise to avoid.

As always, opinions are those of the reviewers since The Doctor refuses to put his considerable reputation on the line for the crummy price he gets scouting out these CDs for you.

``Absolute Zero,'' from Domark for PC and Mac PowerPC, Retail $50 -- It's the year 2374, and you're a Terran miner on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The monolith in the film ``2010'' told you it was the one moon on which we were supposed ...

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