if a character in a game were self aware, wouldn't that just be a self-fufilling existence? They know exactly why they exist, and they have the ability to achieve their purpose, so imagine how content they would be, as something that will be able to do the job that only it can do. Then consider a really bad game, like Sonic '06; imagine the pain of knowing that the you are doing a bad job as a character, would you fix it and risk not fufilling your known purpose in life, or would you keep doing

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