On the White House\u2019s new website, a figure in a suit glides across the screen and collects people. The controls follow that old arcade game where a snake gets longer the more it swallows. Behind the man in the tie, a chain of figures in orange jumpsuits keeps growing, while quick fingers drive the score higher. A game like this asks nothing from the player but speed and, in return, strips away any sense of the weight of what those fingers are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The thing is called Rio Run. According to consistent reports, the player controls a digital version of border czar Tom Homan moving along the Rio Grande and picking up migrants of different skin colors. The instruction tells the player to work the line and remove every border crosser from the field until the deportation number adds up. The image recalls footage of people in chains boarding planes bound for foreign countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n