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Ted Litchfield

Trump shooting suspect's Steam game sees review bomb, spike in activity

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is making a statement after the cancelation of the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner after a possible shooting.

As reported by Newsweek and Wired, suspected White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, Cole Thomas Allen, had previously attempted a career as an independent game developer, and has a single game available for purchase on Steam: Bohrdom. The self-described asymmetric fighting game's reviews and discussion forums quickly became a hotbed of political debate and dubious meme-making during and after the incident.

Rumors of the game's provenance quickly spread on social media Sunday night. According to CNN, Allen allegedly stormed the Secret Service checkpoint outside the event around 8:30 PM Eastern. At 11:30 Eastern, Game File author and former Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo had seen players flocking to Bohrdom's Steam forums, and shared screenshots of the activity to Bluesky.

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