{
  "id": 5646683,
  "title": "The White House launches online 'arcade' with its own takes on Tetris and other popular games, and it's as rotten as you'd expect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-white-house-launches-online-arcade-with-its-own-takes-on-tetris",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T21:11:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-white-house-launches-online-arcade-with-its-own-takes-on-tetris-and-other-popular-games-and-its-as-rotten-as-youd-expect/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The White House has launched an online arcade featuring racist and creatively bankrupt games, including Flappy Bill, Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege, Rio Run, Supply Line, and Trump Savings Tycoon. Flappy Bill is an unremarkable clone of the popular game Flappy Bird, where the player flies a bald eagle down the National Mall. Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege is a Tetris knock-off where you protect the border from an incoming horde. Rio Run is a recreation of a border patrol along the Rio Grande, where you pick up brown-skinned people and deport them if they reach the top. Supply Line tasks you with sorting good and bad food to make America healthy again. Lastly, Trump Savings Tycoon is about filling your kids' Trump Accounts, a retirement savings account for children. The games are criticized for their racist and lazy execution, meant to appease the president's supporters and infuriate his rivals.",
  "summary": "The arcade currently includes games based on Tetris, Flappy Bird, and Snake, and of course a healthy dose of racism and pro-Trump propaganda.",
  "key_points": [
    "White House launches online arcade with racist games",
    "Games include Flappy Bill, Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege",
    "Criticized for lazy execution and racist content"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "The White House is making arcade games racist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/the-white-house-is-making-arcade-games-racist",
        "published": "2026-09-04T19:42:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Tetris hits back at Trump over knockoff game, warns White House about copyright infringement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/tetris-hits-back-at-trump-over-knockoff-game-warns-white-house-about",
        "published": "2026-09-04T20:46:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Tetris says it didn’t give White House permission for ‘Build the Wall’ game",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/tetris-says-it-didnt-give-white-house-permission-for-build-the-wall",
        "published": "2026-09-04T23:57:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Tetris distances itself from controversial White House 'arcade' games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/tetris-distances-itself-from-controversial-white-house-arcade-games",
        "published": "2026-09-05T00:02:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}