White House Launches Racist Tetris Clone; Tetris Company Fires Back

The Trump administration has launched an online "arcade" on a government website, featuring knockoff versions of classic games including Tetris, Flappy Bird, and Snake. The most prominent of these is a Tetris-style game called "Build the Wall," which critics and gaming outlets have widely condemned as xenophobic and racist in its theming and imagery. The games are laced with pro-Trump propaganda and have drawn immediate backlash across the gaming community and beyond.

The Tetris Company has since issued an official response, distancing itself from the White House's clone and making clear that it treats copyright violations with the utmost seriousness. The company's official pages stated, "We take copyright infringement very seriously," though as of publication, no formal lawsuit has been filed against the administration. The response has drawn significant attention, with multiple outlets noting the unusual position of a classic puzzle game brand being forced to publicly condemn a sitting U.S. government.

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