It’s awfully common to hear about the most annoying female video game characters. In fact, I wrote up a top ten list just the other day. But what about the men? There are some god-awful male characters that I’ve come across in my 18 years of gaming. Some of them complain to beat the band, some like to hinder your gameplay experience by being completely obnoxious twits, and then there are some who are just outright traps. Without further ado, I give you my top ten most annoying male characters.

10. Otis, Dead Rising

Swinging baseball bats at zombies, escorting survivors, and meeting deadlines is fun until this incompetent, nagging leech decides to call you up and needlessly bore you with every single little update that happens to occur. What? There’s a tourist stuck on the second floor in the middle of a rabid zombie crowd? What? I should talk to Jessie? WHAT, BOY? TIMMY IS IN TROUBLE?! This old man is lonelier than an intellectual at a Miley Cyrus concert. If I wanted a call every few seconds so that I could cradle a device against my ear while mowing through hordes of the undead, I’d schedule some fake calls while being forced to sit through my family reunion. Someone get this man a few good friends, STAT! He’s worse than Anya.

9. Mr. Resetti, Animal Crossing

Each and every time you turn off an Animal Crossing game without saving, you get to deal with this disgruntled mole. Trying to cheat the game’s real-time system? Oh, you can do it alright, but you’ll have to sit through this guy’s 10 minute rants and empty threats. If you don’t feel like dealing with this nuisance, then it’d be in your best interest to save instead of simply shutting down to avoid any mistakes you might have made. Silly Nintendo, trying to play the goody-good card on us. You can do it in any other game. Why should you have to be penalized in a persistent-world game? He’s much more than an annoyance, he’s one reason I got burned out on the Animal Crossing games. Rather, that happened after the first couple hours. Anyway, Resetti still has to go.

8. Sagat, Street Fighter

He always TIGER! seemed to use the same UPPERCUT! moves, effectively TIGER! becoming one of the most annoying TIGER! opponents you could ever UPPERCUT! face in Street Fighter II. A nightmare even if you’re playing against one of the lovely button mashers, but an unholy vision if you happen to be matched up with a Sabat connoisseur.