[ynniv]

  Cereal Killer, Lord Nikon, and Phantom Phreak, real names not given.

Disappointing because Cereal Killer's given name was Emmanuel Goldstein, an alias made famous by Eric Corley, editor of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Eric consulted on the movie, and it probably would have sucked without him.

[ChrisArchitect]

That and more of the names are given in the film, so I dunno if this person even watched it. Lord Nikon aka Paul Cook. Phantom Phreak aka Ramon Sanchez! And the aforementioned nod to 2600 for Cereal.

[jghn]

And while the connection of Emmanuel Goldstein was already mentioned, I always assumed Paul Cook was referencing the Sex Pistol's drummer

[batguano]

And “Emmanuel Goldstein” was the name of a character in the novel 1984. He was the widely despised “enemy of the state” cooked up by the government to justify their autocracy.

[mkehrt]

I don't think Cereal Killer's name is Emmanuel Goldstein. That was a joke.

[ynniv]

Woah, this isn't woodshop class?

Nope:

Get me arrest warrants on Kate Libby, alias Acid Burn, Emmanuel Goldstein, alias Cereal Killer, Dade Murphy, alias Crash Override, also known as Zero Cool, and Paul Cook, alias Lord Nikon. We pick them up tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.

[mkehrt]

Weird.