I only have to skate a few meters before the piercing drum of rifle fire fills my ears. Armed with my trusty can of spray paint, I cover the hostile soldiers in splotches of bright colour while rollerblading circles around them. They stumble about, trying to keep me in their sights. Stopping to complete an unfinished bit of graffiti on one of the walls, spreading colour between gaps in a template, the soldiers gather around me. Unable to target me, they mill about in the way as I try to finish, making it a touch more difficult to work out if I’ve left any blank spaces.
I’m playing an early version of Palestine Skating Game, which offers a test of its Jet Set Radio and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater-inspired rollerblading and painting amid a stylised rendition of war-torn Gaza.
