On Friday, the developer of Tetris refused to grant permission for the White House to use the game's image in this project. ^[1] The White House launched a controversial online game on Thursday using the iconic image of the puzzle game Tetris. ^[2] As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled 'arcade' where users can play games like 'Rio Run,' in which the player-a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent-collects 'border crossers' and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures. ^[3] A White House spokesperson told CNN the arcade is 'an effort to further contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the dark socialist vision Democrats have for America.' ^[4] Other games in the 'arcade' include 'Build the Wall,' a Tetris rip-off in which the user builds a wall to 'protect the border from the coming horde,' and a MAHA-oriented school lunch game. ^[5] The refusal was issued by the developer of Tetris, which is based in San Francisco, United States. ^[6] The article cites a 2008 study regarding the US Army's 'America's Army' game, which found that the game 'had more impact on recruits than all other forms of Army advertising combined.' ^[7]