Regionlocked already has me going āoh this going to be different, isnāt it?ā from the very first page. Itās not often that somebody decides to make what looks like an old timey comic strip (like Pogo or Krazy Kat) be the first impression, but the authors involved seem to want that effect to be the very first thing you see, and to be honest, Iām kind of into it? Oh, Iām getting āthe beginning of Doc Scratchās intermissionā vibes from thisā¦and those are GOOD vibes to have. Very excited and interested to see exactly what Iāve gotten myself into this timeā¦
Oh okay I think I know whatās going on here. It seems like, from the massive āother authorsā list, that this is one of those āexquisite corpses,ā ala another webcomic we sadly wonāt touch on this main journey through MSPFA, BIKE STUNTS (or to pick a more contemporary example, CHAINED). Basically, one author does a sequence, and then another author (as indicated by the strange character icon in the lower left) picks up the story and does whatever they want with it until itās the next authorās turn, and so on. At least, thatās what I *think* is happening here. I love exquisite corpses, personally, and wish there were more collaborations of that nature on the siteā¦Wait no I skipped ahead to the next character and the icon hasnāt changed. Huh. Ignore what I said, probably. I have no idea whatās going on in this comic actually.
OHHHHHHHHHH Okay the comic at the beginning is like. the chatroom that they all spend time in. Thatāsā¦a really neat way to showcase talking, Iāve got to say. I wonder why nobody else has used this technique before? Probably because itās really esoteric, but come on. This is MSPFA. If not here, then where else will people appreciate an esoteric framing device? Nowhere, thatās where. Also I love how it seems like thereās a bit of a delay on the chatroomās messages, just like in real life chatrooms! Thatās a little small detail that I never see replicated in other FANADVENTURES, so Iām glad *somebody* also noticed that and added it to their fanadventure. Neat!
But other than the cool technical display of a new way to visualize whatās happening in dialogue boxes, Iām not thatā¦into this fanadventure. I mean, itās okay, itās competently done, but it doesnāt grip me. It doesnāt feel like itās about anything besides āhey a bunch of people play sburb :3ā and thatās OKAY sometimes, butā¦I donāt knowā¦itās not compelling, to me, is my point.
