The sandbox simulator, Pokopia, was officially sold today, and the White House of the United States shared a memes image of the game on platform X, leading to protests from Boco Dream International. In a statement issued to The New York Times, Sravanthi Dev, the spokesman for Boco Dream, publicly opposed the repeated unauthorized use of intellectual property rights by the White House.
“We note the recent emergence of social media with images of our brands. We are not involved in the creation or dissemination of that content, nor do we authorize anyone to use our intellectual property rights. The dream mission is to connect the world, and it has nothing to do with any political opinion or agenda.” The White House published a screenshot of the Pokopia game, written in the same font, “make America great again”. This has triggered a wave of fans to follow the trend of using the font generator to make game logo.
This is the second time that Bocomb has issued a statement clarifying the White House ‘ s unauthorized use of its IP. Last year, the United States Department of Homeland Security released a video of ICE employees arresting American citizens, with music as a dream theme song. Many fans have called for the White House to be sued by Bocoma, the former director of the firm, Don McGowan, to explain to IGN the reasons why Bocoma might not take legal action: “I don’t think they will do anything, for several reasons: first, you rarely see the name of Bocoma International in the media, they are extremely low-profile, deliberately avoid exposure and prefer to speak with their products; secondly, they hold green cards in many of America’s executives. I’m the best litigator in the world, but even if I’m still in the company, I won’t interfere. It’ll calm down in a few days, and the company will be happy to do it.” It is not yet clear whether Bocoma International will take legal action against the White House this time. In fact, this is only the latest in a series of cases in which the Trump Government has used video games to promote its political views. On 4 March, the video shared by the White House account X contained a picture of Mission Call: Modern War 3. Last year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security advertised an ICE job, using the classic element of the Halo, and the Chief of the Advertising Officer was driving the Boar. Shortly afterwards, the White House released a photo of the Chief of Staff of the Tramp produced by AI.
