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White House policy promotion via video games

Overview

The White House has launched ‘Arcade,’ an online platform hosted at Arcade.gov featuring five retro-style video games intended to promote the administration’s policy priorities. The initiative aims to ‘innovate and tell the story of the President’s many accomplishments’ through a culture of ‘fun and winning.’

The collection includes ‘Rio Run,’ a Snake-inspired game where players control border official Tom Homan to capture migrants; ‘Build the Wall,’ which utilizes falling-block mechanics similar to Tetris to focus on constructing a border barrier; ‘Supply Line,’ related to the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiative; ‘Flappy Bill,’ featuring a bald eagle; and ‘Trump Savings Tycoon,’ which involves collecting funds for the ‘Trump Accounts’ program.

Following a formal warning from The Tetris Company regarding copyright infringement, the White House has removed ‘Build the Wall’ from the Arcade.gov website. The company previously stated it did not participate in the creation of the game and emphasized that it ‘takes copyright infringement very seriously.’ The Tetris Company also issued a statement clarifying that it had not authorized or licensed its intellectual property for the game, stating, ‘At Tetris, we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them.’

While ‘Build the Wall’—which tasked players with protecting the border from a ‘horde’ or ‘zombie border siege’—has been taken down, other games such as ‘Flappy Bill,’ ‘Rio Run,’ and ‘Trump Savings Tycoon’ remain active. Human rights organizations, including the Frontera Federation and AMIGOS San Diego Community, have criticized the platform for trivializing migration issues and potentially ‘normalizing’ the suffering of migrants. The site also features parodies of loading screens from companies such as Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo, including a modified Sega logo that reads ‘MAGA.’

Entities

the White House · White House · Donald Trump · Tom Homan · The Tetris Company

Claims

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Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [POLITICS] 25 sources
    White House removes ‘Build the Wall’ game following Tetris copyright warning

    The White House removed its ‘Build the Wall’ game from Arcade.gov following copyright warnings from The Tetris Company and backlash over its controversial immigration-themed content.

  2. 7 days ago

    [POLITICS] 79 sources
    Tetris Company denounces White House 'Build the Wall' game over copyright concerns

    The Tetris Company has denounced the White House's new 'Build the Wall' arcade game, stating it did not authorize the use of its intellectual property for the border-themed title.

  3. 9 days ago

    [POLITICS] 100 sources
    White House launches arcade website featuring games on border policy

    The White House launched ‘Arcade,’ a website featuring retro-style video games like ‘Rio Run’ and ‘Build the Wall’ to promote Trump administration policies, sparking backlash from human rights groups.

Sources

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