It's hard for me to decide on this one because I know I'm a bit more sensitive then the usual to the idea of killing dragons and the like, and indeed, monster hunger makes me rather uncomfortable.

However, you brought up the burger you were eating as a joke, but like any animal product that we deal with every day, it's not in essence much different then what whalers might be doing. A cow is slaughtered, then divided up and it's pieces used. Much of it for some low quality fast-food meal. I have to wonder if the seas were brimming with whales, would people see slaughtering them be any different then a cow? Indeed, they didn't in any way until their numbers started becoming scarce. I'm not a vegan, mind you, I don't object to meat or meat eaters. I just think that there is a huge lack of moderation, and a big disconnect between what's behind that brown circular food between the bun and the lettuce.

So my personal disdain of the idea of butchering dragons aside, I think at the core the idea of the game is less disturbing to me then what is really going on behind the slick fast-food marketing where meat is breakfast, lunch and dinner.