Microsoft’s Minesweeper ugly Xmas sweater has already sold out
Because beauty, just like a mine, is on the inside.
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It’s that time of year again and Microsoft released its annual themed ugly sweater for the Christmas season. In previous years, we’ve seen homages to Microsoft programs likeWindows XPand themuch beloved MS Paint.
Though it sold out pretty quickly once again, this yearMicrosoft featured Minesweeper in it’s ugly sweater efforts. For those who are too young, Minesweeper is a puzzle game included in some versions of windows. Players click squares and hope there aren’t any mines on it, or they right click them in the hopes that there are. Later they might learn that the numbers are there to help them figure this out. It might be embarrassingly later in life for some.
This Minesweeper themed sweater has the traditional square grid from the game, shaped like a Christmas tree in the centre with a snow and mine filled motif around. The often judgemental, smiley in the top centre is wearing a red and white snowy hat to match and the scores at the top are 1990 and 2021. These are paying homage to the year Minesweeper released as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1, and obviously also this year, the year the sweater was released.
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While you can’t get one anymore, Microsoft’s seasonal ugly sweaters are also tied to some sort of charitable donation. This year, the company is giving $100,000 USD toAbleGamers, a wonderful charity that helps connect people with disabilities with more accessible ways to play games. They’re absolutely worth checking out, ugly sweater or no.
We also have a list of some otherugly gaming sweaters we would totally maybe wear that you can buy.For other things you can buy, someCyber Monday dealsare still ongoing and we’re still collecting the best onesfor you here.
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