Trump admin launches arcade.gov with a deportation-themed Snake game clone and a Tetris-like game; Tetris says it takes “copyright infringement very seriously”
In “Build the Wall,” players aim to “protect the border” from zombies. — Isabella Murray, Nicholas Kerr, and Michelle Stoddart
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Discussion
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@tetris_official
@tetris_official
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P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of ‘Build the Wall’. P.P.S. We take copyright infringement very seriously.
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@hqnewsnow
@hqnewsnow
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The White House unveils new video games on their website where players can deport and terrorize families with ICE.
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@acosta
Jim Acosta
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Yes one of the WH goals is to troll and trigger people. But it must be said that something else has occurred. They have created a social media shop that sanitizes and normalizes white supremacy and cruelty towards immigrants.
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@cjvotesblue
@cjvotesblue
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It just never ends. — The lack of humanity is astounding. 🤬 — Video games on government website. One of which where you shoot migrant “zombies” crossing the border. — No words, just disgust. — abcnews.com/Politics/whi...
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@jgo4justice
Jessica J. González
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Americans are struggling make ends meet. Prices are skyrocketing. We're at war. — Instead of solving problems the White House is busy making video games to try to indoctrinate our children to their harmful and xenophobic policies. — Beyond offensive. — abcnews.com/Politic…
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@supertrucker
@supertrucker
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Yeah it works about as well as a game built by the government would.
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@dsp4150
David
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Forget the policy differences for a moment, but it's kinda insane that the WH just tweets out clear IP infringement basically all the time
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@k_katsura
@k_katsura
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Sega, Nintendo, and the Wii are Japanese brands — not American ones. Tetris also originated outside the U.S. If the administration wants to celebrate American culture through games, it should officially partner with U.S. companies and use their IPs with proper licensing. Take pri…
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@blakesneff
Blake Neff
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Barack Obama felt like mocking Donald Trump at the WHCD 15 years ago and now we have a government-sponsored Snake clone where you get to SEND THEM ALL BACK.
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@usa_polling
@usa_polling
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It's going to be great when Americans get rid of this chud government
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@aquiloniandream
@aquiloniandream
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Intuition is telling me school firewall policy probably whitelists every .gov domain. They're doing this so young patriots can fuck off in class without having to hack their chromebooks. Unbelievable levels of genius on display here.
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@ssntails
@ssntails
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LOL NOT EVEN SEGA IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO USE THAT MUSIC
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@kilroywashere92
Kilroy
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Hey @XBOX @Microsoft @asha_shar this usage of Xbox iconography is confusing me and makes me not want to buy your products
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@joekreiner
Joe Kreiner
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Half the Microsoft legal team just spat out their 5pm cocktail.
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@cazm023
@cazm023
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Did @SEGA approve this? It makes me think less of their brand and I want to boycott their products as a consequence of this
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r/SEGA
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White House Uses SEGA-Style “MAGA” Logo and Green Hill Zone Music to Promote Arcade.gov
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r/politics
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White House website debuts 5 low-res arcade video games that promote Trump's agenda
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r/AskConservatives
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What's your opinion on arcade.gov?
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r/Teachers
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WhiteHouse.gov is now an arcade website that provides a strong political bias
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r/fednews
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So with the launch of arcade.gov today...
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r/Conservative
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White House website debuts 5 low-res arcade video games that promote Trump's agenda
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r/technology
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White House launches arcade site featuring border wall ‘horde’ game