EXPLAINED: Clippy | Vintage Vibes

Microsoft's blobby AI companion has begun his ascent to the heavens to join Clippy and Cortana. Okay, he's being booted to another platform

See you later, Mico. We literally hardly knew you.

PC Gamer · Aug 14

I was today years old when I learned that Clippy has a canonical gender

Yes, he's a he somehow.

PC Gamer · Apr 29

A newly resurfaced Office 97 Easter egg reveals Clippy’s secret role, proving the paperclip was trolling us long before memes

A tech sleuth has uncovered a hidden credits screen in Word 97 that requires a bizarrely specific sequence of toolbar movements and Clippy searches to trigger.

Windows Central · Jan 18

“Clippy is my best friend,” Windows95man drops another banger dedicated to everyone's favorite Office assistant, now with WordArt infused music video

'Paperclip' is the new track from Windows95man and you can stream it today

Windows Central · Dec 6, 2024

"I see you're exploring the galaxy." A Starfield player made this insane Clippy space ship, taking the old school Microsoft assistant interstellar.

Using Starfield's robust space ship designer, a player on reddit recreated everyone's favorite retro Windows companion for interstellar travel.

Windows Central · Sep 30, 2024

Windows95man has made it through to the finals of Eurovision 2024, and we are cheering him on

Finland submitting bonkers music to Eurovision isn't out of the ordinary, but their latest entrant DJ Windows95man looks like he could work here, and for that he has our support.

Windows Central · May 9, 2024

Men — what's stopping you from looking like Windows95man?

Finland submitting bonkers music to Eurovision isn't out of the ordinary, but their latest entrant DJ Windows95man might actually get us to watch.

Windows Central · Feb 11, 2024

The latest Windows 11 update kills Cortana

Say hi to Clippy for us.

PC Gamer · Aug 14, 2023

ChatGPT-Powered Clippy Comes to Modern Windows via FireCube

Thanks to the power of OpenAI, Clippy will now be able to help you with anything ChatGPT can - and it'll even scratch your vintage itch while doing it with its late 90s style.

Tom’s Hardware · Jun 29, 2023

Forget Microsoft Copilot – an unofficial Clippy AI is available for Windows 11

It appears this old paperclip is made of the same material as the Terminator – there’s no getting rid of Clippy…

TechRadar · Jun 28, 2023