The 10 Worst Clichés in Gaming

The editors at Den of Geek have put together a quick list of the ten most overused clichés in video games. Some of them obviously apply to role-playing games, including #4:
The amnesiac
A mainstay of the RPG genre, this lazy plot device is in desperate need of retirement. While games like Bioshock have used an amnesia-suffering central character to admittedly brilliant effect, most games use it as a cheap way of forcing the player to explore an environment the protagonist should otherwise be familiar with.