Clippy, the beloved(?) paperclip-shaped assistant for Microsoft Office, has made an look in Halo Infinite as a collection of unlockable objects. IGN points out that it’s not fairly clear but learn how to unlock the decals, but it surely appears probably that equipping them gained’t abruptly cowl your display in a barrage of “helpful” hints and methods (which is unlucky for whole scrubs like me).

The tweet that introduced the character’s look to our consideration exhibits each a Clippy nameplate and gun appeal, however the character exhibits up in a number of different locations, too: you possibly can spraypaint them onto the hood of your Warthog or your Spartan’s chest. Interestingly, in most locations the character exhibits up as “Clipster.” Clippy has additionally passed by Clippit, however “Clipster” isn’t a standard nickname for them, so far as I’m conscious. Maybe it’s simply meant to indicate that it’s a cooler version of Clippy.

The character isn’t new to Halo. Players reported that there was a Clippy emblem in 2015’s Halo 5, and the concept of the character being obtainable as an AI assistant got some attention on Reddit recently, as PC Gamer notes. Someone on YouTube even made a video to indicate what that would be like, although I can’t say I’m 100% positive they actually captured the essence of the Microsoft assistant. (But I’ll nonetheless admit to laughing at “Clipped! I’m sorry… clapped.”)

While I like to see small Clippy references, it does really feel just like the character ought to present up in some unspecified time in the future in Halo’s story. I imply, give it some thought: Clippy is an assistant created by Microsoft. You know who else suits that description? Cortana. I’m begging the Halo devs to place a scene within the subsequent recreation the place you see the AI’s household tree and method off close to the start are Clippy and Microsoft Bob’s Rover. (Maybe that’d even be an opportunity to sneak in a reference to “Bingo,” the identify that was apparently nearly given to the real-world Cortana.)