{"id":6701,"date":"2026-09-09T01:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:18:47","slug":"white-house-pulls-racist-tetris-clone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6701","title":{"rendered":"The White House pulls its racist Tetris clone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The White House has taken down its racist <em>Tetris<\/em> ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to \u201carcade\u201d games, as <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/white-house-removes-awful-tetris-clone-from-website-after-the-tetris-company-posted-it-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously-2000732129\">spotted earlier by <em>Kotaku<\/em><\/a>. The <em>Tetris<\/em> clone, called \u201cBuild the Wall,\u201d involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a \u201czombie border siege.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s not clear why the White House removed the title, though the Tetris Company previously said that it\u2019s looking into the situation. \u201cFor more than 40 years, Tetris has brought people together across generations and cultures through play and joy,\u201d Tetris spokesperson Kerri Brusca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/990520\/trump-arcade-games-maga-copyright\">told <em>The Verge<\/em> last week<\/a>. \u201cThe objective of the game has always been to stack with purpose to clear as many lines as possible. We are currently reviewing the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>The Verge<\/em> reached out to the Tetris Company with a request for comment but didn\u2019t immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Other \u201cgames\u201d that align with President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda are still available on the White House\u2019s website, including the <em>Flappy Bird<\/em> ripoff \u201cFlappy Bill,\u201d a <em>Tapper<\/em>-like game called \u201cSupply Line,\u201d \u201cTrump Savings Tycoon,\u201d and \u201cRio Run.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/991451\/white-house-pulls-racist-tetris-clone\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has taken down its racist Tetris ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to \u201carcade\u201d games, as spotted earlier by Kotaku. The Tetris clone, called \u201cBuild the Wall,\u201d involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a \u201czombie border siege.\u201d It\u2019s not clear why the White House removed the title, though the Tetris Company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,39,46,74,75],"class_list":["post-6701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The White House pulls its racist Tetris clone - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The White House has removed its racist Tetris clone \u201cBuild the Wall\u201d days after launching its \u201carcade.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=6701\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The White House pulls its racist Tetris clone - 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