We Slay Monsters Mac OS
We Slay Monsters Mac OS
- We Slay Monsters streamlines traditional roguelike RPG gameplay and introduces a unique poker-esque card based combat mechanic. Each class (Wizard, Rogue, Warrior) has a unique deck of cards; using this deck you will guide your hero through the dungeon.
- Mar 23, 2020 Can your Mac run it? Even an older model will do fine. Any bugs you should be aware of? Expect a bug-free experience on Mac. Verdict: Not Demanding. System Requirements: OS 10.9, 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 Processor, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or Nvidia GeForce 400 Series or AMD Radeon HD 7000 series with OpenGL 4.4, 1 GB hard.
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- Autobiography of Red, books, fantasy, Hiromi Goto, Jeff Vandermeer, speculative fiction, The Wizard of Earthsea
We Slay Monsters streamlines traditional roguelike RPG gameplay and introduces a unique poker-esque card based combat mechanic. Each class (Wizard, Rogue, Warrior, or Cleric) has a unique deck of cards; using this deck you will guide your hero through the dungeon. Each dungeon is designed to play in. We Slay Monsters is a turn-based dungeon crawler with rogue-like elements from indie developers, Furiously Inactive Games. In We Slay Monsters, you take the role of a headmaster given the task of restoring the once great Academy of Dungeoneering to its former glory.You see, after a long period of peace and prosperity, during which the Academy fell into disuse and disrepair, now.
By Lawrence Stewen
Slaying monsters has gotten old. Rather, it was always old.
Firstly, the act glorifies violence as a solution. Secondly, more often than not, it empowers the cis male protagonist while demonizing those whose bodies and minds do not conform to his society’s “norm.” Not a great look. While fictional violence can be cathartic and satisfying to consume, it’s good to be mindful of the underlying themes that such violence carries. So, let’s mix things up.
What if instead of violence, non-humans were met with understanding? What if they were the protagonists of their own stories? Here are five beautiful monsters whose hopeful stories embrace the power of empathy.
Spoiler Warning: If you plan on reading any of the books in the list then stop reading now!
1. The Shadow
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Of the monsters on this list, The Shadow is probably the most traditional. At least from the outset. Wizard-in-training, Ged, accidentally summons a terrible shapeless creature from the realm of the dead. When running away from it fails, and the cliched magic sword proves to be nothing but a rumour, Ged decides to confront it face to face. Le Guin’s tale would have been a straight-forward high fantasy hero’s journey if not for the fact that violence does not solve the monster.
Instead, Ged learns that the creature’s true name is his own, “Ged.” The Shadow is a reflection of himself, a dark fragment of his own soul that he learns to accept, ending his own haunting by reaching out to hug his own Shadow. This moment subverts thousands of years of heroes slaying monsters.
2. Borne
Borne by Jeff Vandermeer
When Rachel and Wick adopt what appears to be an alien house plant, they are taken by surprise when it transforms into a Lovecraftian blob-monster with all the curiosity and intelligence of a human child. Meet Borne, your friendly neighbourhood shoggoth with a penchant for lizards.
Unfortunately, Borne’s presence in their lives makes things complicated to say the least. While Rachel cares for him unconditionally, Wick is suspicious and refuses to see him as anything more than a biological weapon. Vandermeer complicates his characters’ relationship with monstrosity, while also challenging the concept that “normal” humans exist.
Like Lilo and Stitch and The Iron Giant, Borne familiarizes the monster by making him cute and relatable, but it goes a step further because Borne forces Rachel and Wick to not only question their feelings towards a nonhuman being, but to question the line that separates them—as humans—from monsters.
3. Geryon
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Carson took the Tenth Labour of Heracles and turned it into a gay YA romance story told in verse. Instead of killing Geryon and stealing his cattle, Heracles gets Geryon to fall in love with him before breaking his heart. The break up sets Geryon off on a soul-searching journey where he comes to accept the parts of himself which make him monstrous in the eyes of others, and through that acceptance he matures—empowered by his own insecurities.
Replacing violence with love and death with heartbreak, Carson’s novel suggests new ways monsters can be included in stories and how our society’s use of the word “monster” can be redefined, changing its negative connotations into positive empowerment.
4. Marl
Siren by Amanda Lee Koe
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Marl, the child of a sailor and a mermaid, makes a living working as a stripper and a prostitute. Koe’s unnamed protagonist was once Marl’s classmate in elementary school, one of many who bullied him for his different behaviours and feminine appearance. In the future, the protagonist encounters Marl working in a strip club, allowing him to express his repressed queerness in a sexual encounter with the boy he once bullied. Their encounter leads to an intimate relationship which sends him deeper into Marl’s personal history.
Koe’s story speaks to how stories often link monstrosity with people from marginalized communities. The growing relationship between the protagonist and Marl asks us to accept bodies that exist outside of the heteronormative sphere, to complicate categories of race, gender and sex, and to reimagine long outdated concepts of normalcy.
5. The Baby
Hopeful Monsters by Hiromi Goto
What happens when a woman gives birth to a baby with a tail and then finds out that she once had a tail, too? Why are bodies outside of the norm deemed monstrous?
Goto’s short story raises these questions as Hisa’s relatively ordinary life takes a turn for the strange. Her family and the hospital staff all agree that surgical removal is necessary. However, Hisa wonders why her daughter’s natural body has to be altered to fit into society’s preconceived notion of what a human body should and should not have.
Goto’s story interrogates the very idea of monstrosity, and in doing so suggests that monstrosity is not tied to physicality, gender, or sexuality, but to behaviours which enforce the values and laws that leave no room for bodies or minds to exist outside of the idealized norm.
Though this list has some neat examples of how speculative stories are changing the narrative role of the monster by vouching for empathy over bloodshed, it is hardly comprehensive.
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What are the stories you’ve read (or written) that have given beings deemed monstrous a chance to be understood?
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Undertale: battle and befriend monsters
Undertale is a wacky and fantastical game that exploded onto the scene in 2015 and now enjoys a huge cult following. In a nutshell, it is a linear RPG (Role Playing Game) with retro graphics set in the underground world of humans and monsters. It is not as whimsical as Earthbound, nor is it as graphically complex as Lunar. Nevertheless, if you are looking for some old school entertainment on a rainy (or sunny) day, then take a trip to the weird and wonderful world of Undertale.An entire gaming world single-handedly created by developer Toby Fox, Undertale is 'the friendly RPG where no one has to die'. The much-loved indie game is known for its nostalgic feel and legendary soundtrack. The jewel in Undertale’s crown however is its quintessential humor and strangely lovable monster characters. A combat game where mercy is encouraged, and you choose to slay or spare your enemies. No spoiler alert: read on to get an overview of the design, mechanics and general vibe of the game. Simply download Undertale and prepare to battle (or befriend) your way to the surface.
Undertale: Getting under the skin of the indie classic
Undertale: side cracking monsters and fallen humans.
Take yourself back to the time of supercomputers, dinosaurs and Alice and Wonderland. Struggling? Throw in some classic arcade games and think Lord of the Rings. If none of that throws an easy image to the eye you’re not alone. Undertale is like no place on Earth. It is quite literally the otherworldly underbelly of human souls and trapped monsters. The intro of the Undertale game will blow you away. It tells you the story of the war of monsters versus humans culminating in the monsters being trapped underground. The beauty of going back to pure and simple graphics is that you are instantly absorbed. The loud typing of white font on a black screen is incredibly effective. You choose the name of your 'Fallen Human' (without your keyboard, but this is built into the code as you will have keyboard controls throughout the game). If you are initially bored by the gentle beginning (sorry to step on any Undertale fans’ toes) rest assured: the weird and wonderful will follow.
Your first interaction with the character 'Flowey' will rip the expectations from underneath you and plunge you into the Undertale world. This early dialogue basically sums up what is awesome about the game. Three-dimensional graphics are stripped away, the mechanics are basic, but Undertale holds its corner in bizarre, unpredictable and exceptionally funny characters. You grow to love them but will probably choose to kill them. Undertale is short and sweet, you can complete one of the three routes (Pacifist, Neutral or Genocide) in a day. Like a classic novel or killer movie though, the characters have a depth as deep as the world itself. Your strangely Freudian relationship with Toriel, the mum-like monster who clucks and fusses over you (later trapping you in an awesome script twist) gives the game a oddly familiar vibe. Simple fights are accompanied with entertaining comic dialogue and phrases like 'The Battlefield is filled with the smell of mustard seed'.
If quirky, retro and weird float your gaming boat, then you will love Undertale. What is there not to love?
At the risk of offending an entire fanbase of this cult classic, one potential flaw of the game is that the characters develop too fast. The game revolves around the quirky relationship with the enemy monsters. This is a killer approach but it happens too fast. Toriel is immediately a fussy mum monster instead of slowly becoming maternal. This could run the risk of throwing off new players. Another drawback I encountered on my PC was trouble with opening the menu for a fight using the C key.
Where can you run this program?
Undertale is available for PC (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10), PS4, PSVITA and, Nintendo Switch. You’ll need a video card with 128 MB or 2 GB of RAM. It is resource light game and will only take up 200 MB of space and it should be a fast and easy download onto your PC. You can run it on your MacOS but there will be limited keyboard controls. You can also play it with a console such as an Xbox controller. There are limited versions of of the game available for Linux. Since Undertale is a 32-bit game, you may need to install 32-bit libraries for Linux.
Is there a better alternative?
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If it is back to basic classics you are after, then the number one contender to Undertale is its mortal enemy: Earthbound. The games are similar in their stripped down linear RPG, but where Undertale scores on an unsurpassed soundtrack, Earthbound can offer you up to 30 hours to complete what you could do in Undertake in 8. If you are intrigued by a murky subterranean world of sarcastic monsters and fallen humans, then here are some other games that will be right up your alternative street. Want to buy a luxury holiday for your soul in the land of the dead? Try Manny Calavera, the travel agent at the Department of Death in the legendary game Grim Fandango. Or join two doctors journeying through the memories of a dying man in 'To the Moon'. For a truly complimentary alternative, try Deltarune by the same creator of Undertale. If you look closely, you’ll see the names are even anagrams of each other.
Our take
Undertale is a cult classic and indie gem. If it is old school cool that you are after, then head down under to the world of sarcastic flowers and fallen humans.
At the risk of voicing the unpopular opinion, Undertale is far from perfect. Even if you are looking for a stripped-down RPG with back to basic keyboard controls and more emphasis on dialogue, it fails to do either to a certain extent. Having said that, for depth of characters, and mind-bending approach to ending the game through mercy, then Undertale is truly unique. Conscientious killing, where mercy is rewarded, and fights are peppered with jokes.
Should you download it?
If the trials and tribulations of this world are too much, then it sounds like you need an Undertale experience. Give your inner Fallen Human a break and go hang out with Froggit the frog or do battle with Flowey. Do download it and see for yourself!
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