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Microsoft Creates a Surprisingly Amusing Game to Help Wean Us Off Windows XP

Evade IE6 icons and the dreaded Clippy

By Alfred Maskeroni

April 10, 2014

With millions of Windows XP users clinging desperately to the reliable but officially obsolete operating system, Microsoft has created a surprisingly fun new game to nudge us all into the future. Or present. Or at least recent past.

Alfred Maskeroni
@maskeroni alfred.maskeroni@adweek.com Alfred Maskeroni is director of video for Adweek.
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