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  "id": 6304708,
  "title": "The White House made a \"Tetris\" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-made-a-tetris-clone-the-tetris-company-was-not-amused",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:31:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/09/the-white-house-made-a-tetris-clone-the-tetris-company-was-not-amused/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The White House recently took down a Tetris-style game titled \"Build the Wall,\" which was met with disapproval from The Tetris Company. The game, part of the \"Build the Wall\" initiative, aimed to thwart a \"Zombie Border siege\" by stacking bricks in a Tetris-like manner. However, unlike the original Tetris, once a brick was placed and a line completed, it remained in place, turning the gameplay into a monotonous task of building an impassable barrier against the pixelated zombies attempting to cross the Southern Border. This design change, according to The Tetris Company, reduced the game to little more than a tool for propaganda, devoid of any engaging gameplay. The company expressed its disappointment, emphasizing that they take copyright infringement very seriously. Reacting to the situation, Amerika Garcia Grewal, co-director of the Texas migrant rights group Frontera Federation, criticized the developers for losing their empathy and humanity in the creation of the game.",
  "summary": "Trump admin's propaganda \"arcade\" hits some apparent legal limits.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The Tetris Company confirms it had nothing to do with the White House's racist rip-off: 'we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/the-tetris-company-confirms-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-white",
        "published": "2026-09-06T23:53:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "\"We believe in the power of connection\": Donald Trump Tetris parody game rouses the mildly worded wrath of the Tetris Company",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/we-believe-in-the-power-of-connection-donald-trump-tetris-parody-game",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:23:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "The White House pulls its racist Tetris clone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-pulls-its-racist-tetris-clone",
        "published": "2026-09-08T16:00:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The White House has quietly removed Build The Wall, a Tetris clone on its arcade.gov website, after Tetris said it takes \"copyright infringement very seriously\" (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-has-quietly-removed-build-the-wall-a-tetris-clone-on",
        "published": "2026-09-08T17:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "White House takes down anti-immigrant Tetris knockoff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/white-house-takes-down-anti-immigrant-tetris-knockoff",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:27:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/white-house-takes-down-build-the-wall-game-after-the-tetris-company",
        "published": "2026-09-08T23:23:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}