Enter the Matrix

You need to watch the most daring sci-fi anthology ever ASAP

“May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins”

by Robin Bea
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Released in 1999, The Matrix came at a time when technology was rewiring our relationship to entertainment.

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A burgeoning consumer internet made it easier to find and share new work, while the public was just waking up to the potential of video games as a storytelling medium.

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