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From ‘Flappy Bill’ to ‘Build the Wall’: Here’s a look inside the White House’s new arcade - fox34.com

From ‘Flappy Bill’ to ‘Build the Wall’: Here’s a look inside the White House’s new arcade - fox34.com

The White House launched an online arcade Thursday featuring five low-resolution video games built around President Donald Trump's policy agenda. The collection, unveiled on the White House website, includes titles that riff on classic games.

The collection, unveiled on the White House website, includes titles that riff on classic games. "Build the Wall" is a Tetris knockoff framed around border security, with players working to "Protect the border from the coming horde." "Rio Run" borrows from the mobile game Snake, casting a Trump-like icon as the main character collecting people crossing the border. "Supply Line" resembles the old arcade game Tapper, tasking players with rejecting food items that don't meet "Make America Healthy Again" standards.

Two of the games take place over Washington, D.C. Skies, including one called "Flappy Bill."

For people in Lubbock, this is more of a national curiosity than a local policy shift, but it signals how the current administration is using digital channels to package its agenda in a format that travels fast on social media. Games spread differently than press releases. A kid here can load one of these up on a phone in about 10 seconds.

The White House promoting border policy through a Tetris clone is the kind of thing that would have sounded like satire four years ago.

Common questions

Where can I play the White House arcade games?

The games were launched on the official White House website. They are free to play and were unveiled Thursday. All five titles are low-resolution and designed around themes like border security and the Make America Healthy Again initiative.

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