Titanium: Warning, warning, a comedic site detected, do not take too seriously.
SimonG: I thought the "Cracked.com" part would be giving this away ... ah well
I like Cracked.com, as many of their lists are not only quite amusing, but surprisingly wry and informative too. I just found this particular list too superficial and insubstantial to really enjoy it; and it goes over old, tired tropes that have been discussed in better ways by people like the Extra Credits guys. (DId they have to talk about RE5? That's particular horse hasn't been beaten to death so much as it's been stomped into a fine patina on the ground.)
It would have been nice for them to address more extrinsic tropes like the "basement dwelling nerd" stereotype, like how that was shown in South Park.