There was a time when you'd approach all massively multiplayer games by making a character (usually some kind of elf) fight rats, goblins, and eventually, dragons, to gain experience levels either by yourself or with other players. These days, more online games are branching out into unusual settings, like The Matrix Online, which is being built on the story and world made famous in the Wachowski brothers' motion pictures. Writer Paul Chadwick explains how the game's story will follow that of the movies, and what we can expect from it in the future.