A fantastic interview with Paul Chadwick was just published today in
The
Seattle Times about his continuing work with The Matrix Online. The article discusses
several aspects of the game's storyline, and it's background.
"One of Chadwick's favorite parts of the game allows players to choose
which faction they want to join. There are subgroups within subgroups — some
friendly, some fighting. "You might ally yourself with them," Chadwick explains, "because
they offer great benefits of increasing your powers. Or you can help out
the machine civilization and work with an agent."
You can actually read the entire article online! You can find it
here.