Back in the day (1998 or thereabouts — after Final Fantasy VII and the deluge of copycats it inspired, but before Final Fantasy VIII) the cult video game review site the GIA (Gaming Intelligence Agency) published its classic "RPG cliches game", basically a Drinking Game with the console RPG tropes of the time. It is the predecessor of The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Clichés and other, [...] [tvtropes.org]