Michael Williams

@rocketmoose.bsky.social

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Head of Technology at Bungie. Hobbyist & occasionally professional puzzle designer. My opinion is mine alone. He/Him

An akira-style poster with the Princess Zelda walking towards the Master Cycle. Below the text reads “Zelda” with the katakana for the Zelda over it.
A big chest is wrapped by a giant chain and locked with a comically large lock. The lock has “ADEPT 7” engraved on it. In front of the chest are 3 correspondingly large lock-picks. On top of the chest is an empty Destiny 2 Red Bull can.
A drawing of Gabby, our grey tuxedo cat, laying sprawled out on her back with her belly showing. The background is a fun geometric pattern, and there is a little swirly heart coming off her.
Michael holding a baby capybara.
A magic cart called “The Gift of Prophecy” Type: Summon Apollo With the flavor text “But what if…” - Random internet users trying to be comedic. The image is a warrior holding a dodgeball, about to nail some spearmen who are just walking around. The card is a 3/1 card for 4R, because prophecy is always too costly.
A modified diagram for the from the game Portal, showing a Molotov cocktail being thrown down through a low blue portal and coming out through a high yellow portal and arcing towards a power boat. A caption reads "Now you're thinking with Bortles."
Japan’’s mascot for Wold Expo 2025, Myaku-Myaku. This delightfully cute cosmic horror is a blue dripping figure with a red donut of eyes surrounding its smiling mouth.
Shawna gazing out over a rocky coastline.
An article from the Onion, titled "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades". "Blades" has been crossed out, and "A's" has been written above it.
Xena the cat sits on her cat tree, bracing her throat on the edge. She chokes, looks confused by what is happening, then leaps off to an adventure.
Xena the cat resting her throat on the edge of the cat tree and being confused why she can’t breathe.
At a No Kings protest, a sign reading “So bad even the introverts are here”.
The Azul board game. The tiles for the game are in their fabric bag, and everything else is tucked flat in a gallon ziplock, ready to be packed for travel.
A girl stares forwards, with her face under-lit dramatically. The caption reads, "valentine."
A girl in a purple dress grabs the arm of a girl in a blue dress, while shoving a green-dressed girl out of the way. The caption reads, "HEY THERE VALENTINE!!!"
A black-haired girl slapping a brown-haired girl, while another girl looks on. The caption reads "You're a knock-out, Valentine!"
Artwork of a knight wearing plate mail and a red cape. He has a goatee and a silly smile, but his mustache is made of flame. In his hand is a rose made of fire, and he is surrounded by roaring flames. He wears a symbol of the goddess Sarenrae on his chest, which doubles as his kinetic attenuator.
A casserole dish, with half-served Ube casserole. The casserole is purple, and is topped with small toasted marshmallows.
A crosswalk button, beeping to tell pedestrians to wait. Then it says “Change Password”.
The Okami Sequel logo, reading "Okami Sequel" using the original Okami Logo, with "Sequel" dropped beneath it. A large red X mark has been added to the lower right corner.
A 3 panel comic Panel 1: A man is screaming next to a table holding a dispenser canister Panel 2: The man keeps screaming and something is happening to his hand Panel 3: A closeup of the dispenser and the hand. The dispenser is labeled "Hand Santatizer", and the man's fingertips have turned into tiny screaming Santa heads. Happy Holidays!
The camera starts on a tree with 60 or so crows. They burst from the tree, then more and more keep flying past in a massive cloud of thousands. It’s all crows from there to the end.
A poster for the anime Angelic Layer, where tiny battle dolls fight each other.
A hand-drawn comic Panel 1: There is a group of carolers singing with Judge Dredd on the right side of the group. They sing: "Deck the Halls with boughs of holly" Panel 2: Individual carolers sing "Fa", "la", "la", "la", "la" Panel 3: Individual carolers sing "la", "la", "la", but Dredd sings nothing, only "..." Panel 4: The carolers are puzzled, with a question mark. One asks "Mr Dredd?", who responds "I AM the La!"
3 spiral-bound memo books sit on a table. The first is open, with a large blue number 6 written on the page, the second is closed, and the 3rd is open to a page with a large red number 20 written on it.
A wooden tray, holding a clear 20-sided die. Sitting alongside it is a stack of small spiral-bound memo books.
Google search results for “is sitting with an empty mind beneficial?” The result has some standard benefits listed, but highlighted is a section in “dangers” that reads “It can also lead to disincarnate entities filling the empty space in your mind.”
A tray with a green tea bingsu and an Oreo/strawberry bingsu.
Gabrielle the grey tuxedo cat, stretching out in a blanketed lap.
A huge owl flies in slow motion and lands on my grandmother’s birding glove. The video speeds back up for her to exclaim “I may say that’s a heavy borb”
Shawna at the wheel, captaining a 98-year-old wooden schooner back through the Ballard locks to her home today. The Seattle skyline and space needle is in the background.
Port Townsend, a bunch of wooden boats, and two ferries, with a coiled line in the foreground.
Girl asking “Why don’t we have both?” In “This is fine” fire.
Two mini bingsu bowls on a wooden platter. One is topped with whipped cream and fruity pebbles. The other is topped with bean curd and injeolmi.
A defunct Toys R Us store. There are 3 blocks of graffiti, all of which have been crossed out and labeled “Toy” with red paint. Written in the same red paint is “NO TOYS ALLOWED!!!” underlined.
The Community meme where Troy returns with pizza to a room full of chaos and fire, but he has a word bubble saying "This is Fine."
A Destiny Emblem with a white circle containing 3 forked pillars on a field of orange. The emblem background is red forking lines on an orange background, with a star on the far right.
Balatro game over score screen. Best hand was 5.126e11, Ante 14, and all with High card plays.
A 45 foot wooden mast, weathered and faded. It has just been pulled and inspected by the Coast Guard.
A car we found once while walking with a pile of mannequin heads in the back window, each with a name in their neck.
Titular characters from the show Pete & Pete, overlayed with a partial diagram of the P = NP problem.
The Old El Paso girl asking "Why don't we have both?" in the "This is fine" burning room.
A sprawling Twilight Imperium board in the very late phases with pieces everywhere. A massive battle has just resolved in the middle-right.
Shawna up in the rigging of a Schooner.
Sitting in front of a board game, with Xena the cat perched on my shoulder.
Xena staring at you accusingly from her blanket nest.
A foggy shore, with a rainbow.
Two cups of dark chocolate cocoa with marshmallows, whipped cream, candy cane stir-sticks, and a sprinkle of chocolate garnish.
Our cat Gabrielle, with her nose tucked under her paw.
Jordan Oliver wielding a steel chair outside the ring.
Michael and Shawna dressed up as Zorro and Luffy respectively.
Yogi Bear wearing a dare shirt, standing inside an occult blue triangle encircled by the words “SCHOOL”, “POLICE”, and “PARENTS”.
Sir Clive Bremberly - A sharply dressed investigator with a silver badge, a sprig of lilac, and a sword hidden away in his cane.
A picture of Giovanni, a Cleric carrying a sword and healing herbs.
A lineup of fantasy characters: A human, Kitsuane, Conrasu, Orc, Human, Grippli, and an Azarketi.
A Double Rainbow!
Xena the cat peering at you upside-down like a gremlin.
Walking along an island bluff with smaller islands in the distance.
A bird of prey perched in a yard.