Review of White House Shooter's $2 Shooting Game: Allen Can't Escape the Secret Service Like Electrons Can't Escape the Nucleus

On April 26, during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, shooter Cole Thomas Allen released a one-man developed indie shooting game called “Bohrdom” on Steam on December 21, 2018, priced at $1.99. “Bohrdom” is an abstract, non-violent, skill-based asymmetric shooting game inspired by the Bohr atomic model and concepts from chemistry and physics, reflecting his background as an engineering graduate. In the game, players can choose to control electrons, moving rapidly in atomic orbits and escaping the current atom by firing photons to accelerate in the opposite direction. Alternatively, players can control the nucleus as the defender, aiming to prevent electrons from escaping. The game has recently gained significant attention due to the shooting incident, shifting from being largely ignored with no reviews to receiving 68 reviews today, earning a “mixed” rating on the Steam store. The comments section features dark humor: “Words cannot express the sadness, the land where the flower of evil blooms, and I forgot what came after. What turns a good person into a shooter, if not the fault of the entire American society? Tonight, we are all White House people.” “The atomic game is really cool; I wonder what the developer has been up to lately.” “So boring, it makes me want to bring a rifle to the press dinner.” “Buying it might make me an accessory after the fact; I wonder if the sales are enough to cover legal fees?” and more.