Deport. Build the Wall. Score Points. The White House Has an Arcade Now

The White House has launched Arcade.gov, a collection of five retro-style games based on Trump administration policies. Among them is Rio Run, where players control a character based on border czar Tom Homan, chase migrants along the Rio Grande and send them toward deportation. Build the Wall takes a Tetris-style approach, with players stacking sections of a border wall.

What makes this feel particularly surreal is that the political message isn't just part of the story or presentation it's built into the gameplay itself. Deportation becomes a score-based objective, while building the border wall becomes a challenge to complete.

It's an official White House website turning real-world immigration policy into arcade entertainment. Seeing something this dystopian presented through cheerful retro game mechanics is what makes the whole thing feel less like a normal government campaign and more like something out of Black Mirror.