In a medium filled with limitless creative, narrative and visual potential, are we the only ones bored and more than a little narked off with those most irritating of stereotypes and repeat offenders? Join us as we rant our way through video gaming's greatest and most annoying clichés...

Yes, but who is your target audience?

This week sees the arrival Lollipop Chainsaw, a ditsy bimbo in full cheerleader outfit sucking a lollipop whilst performing zombie topiary with her trusty chainsaw. Sound familiar? While it may be part-parody of the typical scantily-clad-big-bazungas female stereotype in gaming, it’s not really helping. But it did get us thinking about some other classic gaming clichés...