Given the outfit (black shoes and trousers, bright white socks) I always liked to imagine you played Michael Jackson in some post-apocalyptic megacity, trying to outrun the rest of the Jackson 5 before they dragged you into a reunion tour.
But that's just my interpretation.
It's a good game, though there's nothing more frustrating than when you've been carefully consolidating your power, only for some other army to appear out of the fog and spam 30 reinforcements without a care.
Not a bad game, but there seems to be a glitch where you can't pick your speed sometimes; it leaves you trundling down the path at the slowest speed. That gets pretty annoying when you're short on health and only have one round left to win.
The learning curve is certainly very steep, with the final boss fight proving far more difficult than expected. A steadier increase in difficulty, as well as collectable bonuses that make it more a game of skill and less a game of luck, would be a good idea.