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Michael Williams
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Senior Director, Central Technology at Bungie. Miikhaal, raveler of enigmas. My opinion is mine alone. He/Him
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Me: Heh. They are going to need 20-30 pizza cards to pad that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magic the Gathering set out!

The Universe:
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.
October 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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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."
September 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Japan is still bringing their A-game

www.expo2025.or.jp/en/overview/...
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.
September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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In keeping with the general themes of our marriage, yesterday Shawna and I celebrated our 20 year anniversary by walking about 14 miles of coastline. I feel so so so incredibly lucky to be married to such an incredible partner in adventure!
Shawna gazing out over a rocky coastline. An apple strudel, a mocha, and another apple strudel on a narrow table in front of a misty bay, with islands poking out of the fog. Michael and Shawna on the bow of an island-taxi in a bay, with islands behind them. Shawna on a bike on the beach, throwing her hands up in celebration. A sunset lights up the sky behind her.
September 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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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.
September 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Follow up…
June 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Every so often we hear Xena wheezing and are concerned…then we discover she’s choking herself once again with the edge of her cat tree.
Xena the cat resting her throat on the edge of the cat tree and being confused why she can’t breathe.
June 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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At a No Kings protest, a sign reading “So bad even the introverts are here”.
June 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Azul is an amazing travel game. Just get a 1-gallon ziplock bag, and the boards, rules, and disks, all fit into it perfectly, with no need for the big box!
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.
May 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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(3/3)
A girl stares forwards, with her face under-lit dramatically. The caption reads, "valentine."
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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(2/3)
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 block for flower arranging. It is made of a heavy block with dozens of sharp nails sticking out of it. The caption reads, "Pierce some hearts, Valentine!" A girl plays the piano with a rose held in her mouth. The caption reads, "Have a rose-mantic day, Valentine!" An umbrella is tossed out the window of a limosine at the feet of a girl whose head is out of frame. It is raining. The caption reads, "You're umbrellamazing, Valentine!"
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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We've been watching the ancient anime "Dear Brother" with some friends, and so for Valentines Day I made them all cards. (1/3)
A black-haired girl slapping a brown-haired girl, while another girl looks on. The caption reads "You're a knock-out, Valentine!" A girl in a classroom lifts two other girls into the air by the scruff of their dresses. Other girls look on in shock. The caption reads: "You're a real pick-me-up, Valentine!" A hotel. Over the entrance, the sign reads reads "HOTEL ROWAIYAL" in large block letters. The caption reads "I'm under your spell, Valentine!" In the forground is the shocked face of a girl, halfway off frame. Behind her there are 5 daggers stuck into the wall, with marks where more daggers have been. The caption reads, "I have the knife-est time with you, Valentine!"
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Meet Sir Ignacious Cinderheart my lovely dumb Pathfinder 2e Fire Kineticist / Champion. Commissioned art courtesy of the incredible @haykebyr.bsky.social
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.
January 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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A little while ago @ashmakes.games mentioned Ube casserole and it sounded amazing, so I gave it a shot for a holiday party and folks really enjoyed it. I love the color so much!
A casserole dish, with half-served Ube casserole. The casserole is purple, and is topped with small toasted marshmallows.
January 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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We found a crosswalk button with some issues. (Audio required)
December 31, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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The Okami Sequel announcement was a massive missed opportunity for the new logo.
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. An alternate concept for the logo, reading "OkamII", where the I from the original has been turned into a roman numeral two. A large green check mark has been added to the lower right corner.
December 27, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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Happy Holidays to everyone! I made you a dumb comic.
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!
December 24, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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If you go down to the Redmond-Woodinville valley, just north of the Willows golf course about 20 mins before sunset, you can see a colony of thousands upon thousands of crows, and feel like the Prophesied One.
December 15, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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A poster for the anime Angelic Layer, where tiny battle dolls fight each other.
December 14, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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This is a Programmer Art comic I did for the holidays a couple of years ago. Now you get to experience it too!
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!"
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Preparation:
Write a sequence of numbers in the notebooks, one number per page. 6,8,10,12,14, then 15,16,17,18,19,20.
Open the notebooks to the “6” page. (4/10)
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.
November 20, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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I'm working on nuking my old Twitter account, and as we are getting into gift-exchange season I thought I'd repost "How to do a game-designed gift exchange".

(1/10)
A wooden tray, holding a clear 20-sided die. Sitting alongside it is a stack of small spiral-bound memo books.
November 20, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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Shawna googled “Is sitting with an empty mind beneficial?” And the AI overview is… um…
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.”
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Rainy day bingsu
A tray with a green tea bingsu and an Oreo/strawberry bingsu.
November 9, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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She hides under a blanket all day, but at night all she wants to do is cuddle and stretch.
Gabrielle the grey tuxedo cat, stretching out in a blanketed lap.
October 19, 2024 at 6:36 AM