Last week, the White House unveiled a new government website called Arcade.gov, which hosted five web-based games that promoted President Trump’s agenda. Following accusations of racism and veiled threats of potential legal action, only four of those games are now visible on Arcade.gov.
“Build the Wall,” a Tetris clone that promoted an anti-immigrant ideology and challenged players to “protect the border from the coming horde” is no longer on the Arcade.gov website.
The White House launched the arcade website last Thursday through a series of social media videos spoofing classic game console opening screens from companies like Nintendo and Sega. The five playable games on the site were all knockoffs of titles like Flappy Bird.
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