Goodbye, build the wall. The Tetris-like game that the US government posted on the White House website to promote the Trump administration’s commitment to brutalize and persecute immigrants in the name of securing borders. After the Tetris company suggested it was considering legal action, Build the Wall disappeared, replaced by a much more palatable game. 404 error message.
As spotted by This week in video gamesTHE arcade section of the White House website now only hosts the parody games Trumpy Flappy Bill, Rio Run, Supply Line, and Trump Savings Tycoon. There’s also a placeholder for a mystery game announced as coming, but not Build the Wall, a game in which – as Edwin reported yesterday – you stack bricks along “the southern border” in order to fend off zombie invaders.
The Tetris Society distanced themselves from Build the Wall late last week, he wrote: “At Tetris, we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, without dividing them. To our fans around the world: we love you, we see you, and we are grateful to have you in our community.” The company added that it was not involved in the creation of Build the Wall and that it “takes copyright infringement very seriously.”
One might assume that this set off alarm bells in Trump Towers, leading to the silent withdrawal of Build the Wall. So you’re out of luck if, for whatever reason, you’re desperate to play this classic game revamped to promote the political ideas of a man who – among a bunch much more serious And poignant transgressions – is determined to pretend he doesn’t care about the auto racing series that I would have liked them to be led by people who did not fraternize with their own people.
For now, you can still play the other parody games on the White House site, like Flappy Bird but with a bald eagle because America. Given that the same regime has previously encouraged mass detention with Halo memes, one would assume that this won’t be the last time it tries to invoke video games as part of its propaganda.
