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The Case for Sparing the WAU

as we all know, SOMA is a game that includes choices. these choices have virtually no effect on future events, and no effect on the ending(s). the choices within the game are meant to be solely for us, the player - a moral dilemma that we are confronted with, and given the freedom to choose what to do. every event is meant for us to reflect on our own definitions of life, justice, and mercy, and every choice event has had people arguing for either option (yes, even torturing Carl).

the one choice event where players’ decisions seem to be unanimous is with the WAU. all the let’s players seem to kill it. most players seem to kill it. but it’s not mandatory; it’s a choice event, which means there’s two sides. one side is pretty clear: “the WAU deserves to die/the world will be better off with it dead.”

here’s the other side.

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Hubble finds more evidence of plumes on Europa

Hubble hasn’t found aliens on Europa, but it may have found new evidence that plumes of salt water from the moon’s globe-spanning salty ocean can escape through cracks in its icy shell.

Using its Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument, Hubble captured far-ultraviolet images of what could be geysers of water from beneath the surface, erupting in Europa’s southern hemisphere. If the features in those images are really geysers, that could be very good news for future missions to Europa, providing an easier source of samples from Europa’s subsurface ocean and making it easier to search for signs of life beneath the ice.

Read more ~ Astronomy Magazine

Image credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute

By the way guys, did you all catch ‘Europa Report’ when it came out? The movie raises some fascinating possibilities. Check it out if you haven’t yet. ~ JN, Ph7.5