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White House Website Launches Collection of Video Games Based on Trump Policies
What happened
The White House website released a new section called Arcade featuring five retro-style video games. The games are themed around President Trump's policy agenda, including immigration and economic policies. The games use low-resolution, pixelated graphics in an arcade style format.
How the coverage differs
The Guardian leads with critical framing, describing it as a "fetish for gamer culture" and calling the games "horrible," noting they invite players to "catch pixelated migrants" and show "gaming's potential to be nastily weaponised."
ABC News and Time use straightforward descriptions, with ABC calling them "low-resolution video games that promote different aspects of President Donald Trump's agenda" and Time noting the games invite players to "Build the Wall" and "Fill a Trump Account."
No outlet in this band covered it.
Every version
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Mother Jones · Left
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Newsmax · Right · link via Google News
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