Article 5SHAX Microsoft is selling ugly Windows sweaters again, and this time, it’s Minesweeper

Microsoft is selling ugly Windows sweaters again, and this time, it’s Minesweeper

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Umar Shakir
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Microsoft has launched a new Windows software-themed ugly sweater on its Xbox Gear Shop dedicated to the infamous Windows game Minesweeper.

It's well done: not only is the whole Minesweeper level shaped like a Christmas tree, but it's also got mines masquerading as snowflakes and buttons" to minimize the window or exit the game if you so desire, plus the classic wavy Windows logo that hearkens back to Windows 3.1. (If you're wondering why the sweater has 1990" remaining mines, that's a reference to the year Minesweeper first came out.)

Whatchu know about Minesweeper? #UglyChristmasSweater #WindowsUglySweater pic.twitter.com/nWnn42uyw2

- Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) November 29, 2021

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