The White House has unveiled Arcade.Gov, a website hosting a collection of browser minigames that satirize former President Donald Trump's immigration and border security policies. The site presents these games with a retro console aesthetic, including a Sega-inspired logo and boot-up animations reminiscent of the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360.
One game, titled "Rio Run," functions similarly to the classic "Flappy Bird" but tasks players with collecting a chain of prisoners in orange jumpsuits, with a "deported" count displayed at the end of each playthrough. Another offering, "Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege," is a Tetris-style game where players stack bricks to fend off incoming "aliens" at the "Southern Border." A third, "Trump Savings Tycoon," uses a falling-object mechanic set against a Washington D.C. backdrop, where players collect "memecoins and cash" to "fill your kids' Trump Accounts."
A fifth game, "Supply Line," simulates a school lunch sorting task, allowing vegetables to pass while "offensive foodstuffs" are rejected. The administration has promoted the site on social media with slogans such as "Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account."
An administration spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, previously defended the use of gaming culture for political messaging, stating that "engaging posts and banger memes" have been effective in communicating the president's agenda. This initiative follows a pattern of the Trump administration leveraging gaming culture for political messaging, a practice that has drawn criticism from rights holders, including Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Earlier this year, actor Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief in the "Halo" series, publicly condemned the use of his voice in a White House propaganda video, calling it "disgusting and juvenile war porn."