Have you heard of the game Street Wars? If not, you will have the chance to observe or participate in the 3 week Toronto tournament taking place from September 10^th – October 1^st. For those of you wondering what kind of new fangled game will be invading Toronto, Street Wars is really nothing more than a very elaborate game of water tag for adults.

The brain child of Frank Aliquo, a 30-something New York lawyer and action movie buff, feels that Street Wars is great way for people to live out their action movie fantasies in a safe environment. Men and women actually pay $45.00 to participate. The object of the game couldn’t be more basic – track down your target and “assassinate them” by soaking them with water. At the beginning of the game participants are given a dossier with detailed information on their target. In order to win a player must assassinate/soak the person with his/her dossier. Vancouver held the first Canadian tournament 2004. The London tournament has had the largest number of participants – 250.

Some say that this game promotes and glorifies violence. Others say that it is good clean fun and keeps you cool on the streets in the hot summer. What do you say?