SOMA: I've Got Questions; Have You Got Answers?

SOMA is quite a head-spinner. Much like the Bioshocks and the Deus Exs, it confronts a number of powerful topics that extend far beyond the bounds of the game itself. Taking cues from the best science-fiction, SOMA explores what it really means to be human, and what calamities we open ourselves up to by placing our lives in the hands of an artificial intelligence. With its dark and dreadful aesthetic, it raises some harrowing questions about the future of humankind. It does not, however, provide many answers. That is the point, of course, but it’s left my head whirring with existential quandaries for days now. I can’t keep them locked up any longer, and so I subject you, poor reader, to these confounding conundrums in the hope we can silence them together.

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