I Hope Lollipop Chainsaw's Remake Doesn't Change How I Feel About It

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Lollipop Chainsaw is back, baby! Last month we heard that the game was ‘back’, but we had no idea exactly what that meant. My excitement was tempered by the fact ‘back’ could just as easily mean a comic book tie-in, an appearance in Fortnite, or a new range of Funko Pops as it could a new game. In the end, it’s not quite a new game, but it is a remake of the original made by a mix of returning developers and a brand new team. 2022 is the year of Slut Pop and 2023 is the year of Juliet Starling. Bimbo representation is here in full force.

When news of Lollipop Chainsaw’s return broke last week, I wrote about my love of Juliet and why we needed more full femme characters who are allowed to be girlish and have sexual agency. The Juliet Starling who exists in my memory is a perfect character, but now that I know it’s a remake, I’m a little afraid of meeting her.

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I’ve written about remakes before, and why I often think they are a little redundant. Mass Effect, my favourite game ever, had a glossy remaster last year but all it did was polish some of the graphics - often at the cost of the original vision. I’ll take any excuse to replay Mass Effect, but none of the flaws were fixed, not even the minor ones like FemShep manspreading in her dress thanks to the BroShep model being used. Remakes make profits for studios and are a less risky way to test interest in a dormant series, but when we could be focusing on preserving our history rather than overwriting it, they often feel wasteful. Lollipop Chainsaw, a one-and-done game with a cult following, is probably more deserving than the ever-popular Mass Effect trilogy, or ‘the greatest game of all time’, The Last of Us. But still,