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Whoops, just realized I skipped one. Bleck should be 20 and Chiaki should be 21. And this dude should be 22!

22. Davey Wreden (The Beginner's Guide)
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Davey Wreden is a literal unreliable narrator in The Beginners Guide, a work of metafiction he made after the success of The Stanley Parable. Davey as the narrator tells the tale of Coda, a mysterious, reclusive game designer who left behind many unfinished works; Davey has recovered the assets from these games and narrates facts about Coda, himself, and theories on game design and fame.

Much of the interest here stems from Davey and the information he presents. The setup in the game is fiction, but how should we interpret things? Is Coda real? How much does Davey lie or project? What can we truly believe? The unreliable narrator trope is tough to pull off in video games, which often rely on the player as the POV character, but were left to put the clues together ourselves. The truth is a slippery thing, and perhaps thats the overall message Davey presents, whether he means to or not.