KILL ALL MONSTERS
in this essay & video, we discuss Dragon Quest Monsters (GBC) and tie it into animal rights; covering not only the game itself but the ethics of factory farming and eating meat (death ethics)
KEY EXCERPTS:
This is a world in which “Monster Masters” collect and battle monsters in bloodsport against other “Monster Masters” just for the sake of it; pitting creature against creature in a manner not dissimilar from dog fighting. Only, unlike dogs, these creatures can talk; they can vocalize their pain in human tongue.
Much like the Mystery Dungeon series, random occurrences are a key feature – not a bug.
… like the farmer selectively breeding chickens with the largest pectoral muscles – that succulent white breast meat so thoroughly craved by the drooling populace – each Monster Master has their own selectively bred creature to tear through their opposition’s flesh.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter would be proud to know that little Slime Jr. is eating members of his own species.
Pontificate too much and you’ll think yourself into a lobotomy.
And we’re no closer to figuring out why human lives are more important than other creatures’ lives.
We don’t want to die.