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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/02/2026

And of course, Pieced Together is just a week before them! store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/...

Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/02/2026

Two games, both called Piece by Piece, releasing within 2 days of each other. 😅 store.steampowered.com/app/3179050/... store.steampowered.com/app/3249380/...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 13/01/2026

Gone skiing in the mountains for the first time!

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 03/01/2026

The Apothecary of Trubiz - cure the townsfolk's ailments, but your book of potions is written in a fictional language that needs deciphering. Cool mix of Strange Horticulture and language deciphering puzzles. Buy: store.steampowered.com/app/4083190/... Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPjP...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 03/01/2026

Sisyphus is a Bug - a very condensed metroidbrainia experience. Learn platforming tech to roll your ball of dung up a hill within 60 seconds. Lots of great discoveries. The second level was maybe a little too fiddly. Buy: store.steampowered.com/app/3971000/... Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPfM...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 03/01/2026

Here's a few great, short puzzle games I've played recently! Starting with nuworm, a sokoban game where you're an eyeball that can jump between tube-like blocks... Will make more sense if you play it! Excellent puzzles. Play: cubestudio.itch.io/nuworm Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XlX...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 11/11/2025

We are in the process of adding all the ThinkyCon 2025 talks as individual videos to YouTube! You can check this playlist to find them all as they get published: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Thanks to all the wonderful speakers for joining us!

A screenshot of the first few talks in the ThinkyCon 2025 playlist on YouTube.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/10/2025

Made sure to visit the most important spots in LA.

Selfie at the wall from the cover of Elliott Smith's Figure 8 album.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 10/09/2025

Just nerd sniping the commenters on my Öoo videos.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 16/07/2025

YouTube is now AI generating suggestions for what my next video should be. Yes, sure, I'll do a playthrough of your imaginary puzzle game. (I actually have a fun new series starting tomorrow!)

"Ideas for your next video", followed by 3 suggested video ideas. The first is "Blue Prince - Part 51: Unseen Connections". The second is "Blue Prince - Part 49: Whispers in the Wind". The third is "Blue and Pink: A Shapeshifting Puzzle". It's all gibberish.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 13/06/2025

Finally organised my Blue Prince notes a bit 😅

A closed notebook with various orange labels sticking out from some of the pages.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 09/06/2025

"And now for my next trick: walking on water!"

Three cygnets in the water are looking at their sibling who appears to be standing on the surface of the water.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 04/06/2025

4 cygnets! It feels extra special because I stopped some kids from attempting to scare the female away while she was nesting a few weeks ago.

Four cygnets lined up alongside one of the parents on a loch.

Four cygnets swimming in a line with one parent at the front and one at the back.

A cygnet stretching upwards from the water and flapping its tiny wings.

While the parent swan has its head underwater foraging for food, a cygnet rides comfortably on its back, with three other cygnets in the water.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 29/05/2025

I know today is all about the Thinky Direct but..... omg, the swans in Holyrood Park have cygnets!

A swan in Holyrood Park standing on top of its nest. In the nest, 3 little cygnet heads are visible.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/05/2025

Have you ever seen a YouTube channel so blue?

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 16/05/2025

Words of wisdom in this auto-generated transcript. (I wonder what we're recording for 👀)

A recording with an auto-generated transcript underneath which says "you go like a, yeah, or you go like a, energy, energy, energy. La la la la la la la la. oh Is that a thing? Yeah, to get..."

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 08/05/2025

First duckling of the season, lounging in the sun in Holyrood Park!

A newborn Mallard duckling laying on its belly on a rock at the edge of a loch.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 21/04/2025

Yeah okay, it took me until day 18 of Blue Prince to realise. Video game logic!

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 15/04/2025

I have a bonus video going out tomorrow and this is an accurate depiction of what happens.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 06/04/2025

Another day of bird photos! (2/2)

Blue tit holding nesting material in beak

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 06/04/2025

Another day of bird photos! (1/2)

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 25/03/2025

Met my friends' new cats for the first time and within seconds one of them was on my shoulders.

Me, hunched over a little, with an orange and white cat casually lying across my shoulders.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/03/2025

Where's the "Because I subscribed for one show and I finished it" option?

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 12/01/2025

Today's hike through the wind and snow.

A frozen reservoir surrounded by snowy fields and hills.

Two people hiking up a snowy hill. It's very foggy, so the second person in the distance is barely visible.

Two people hiking through snow. It's very foggy, so the second person is barely visible. The fog and snow blend into one, so the people almost appear to be floating against a backdrop of white.

A photo of snowy hills taken from a snow covered path on the descent from a hill. There is a fence running along the left side of the path. Some woods are visible in the far distance at the bottom of the hills.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 04/01/2025

Saw the hidden crossword in Tuesday's Only Connect and immediately thought "I bet @quizzydan.bsky.social is behind that", only for him to get a shout-out later in the episode! Okay, now: enhance!

A screenshot from the introduction of an episode of British quiz show, Only Connect, in which a crossword is visible on a dinner table in the foreground.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 03/01/2025

I fell on my ass in the mud for this photo.

The silhouette of a grey heron standing at the edge of Duddingston Loch during sunset. The snowy Pentland Hills are in the background.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas! I'm playing LOK Digital, of course, and then planning to play Chroma Zero next!

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/12/2024

Nice walk and then lunch with a view at Loch Tay yesterday.

The view from Black Rock Viewpoint over Loch Tay on a relatively warm winter day. Through the Scots pine trees, the small village of Kenmore is visible with a stone bridge crossing the River Tay.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 19/12/2024

I wonder which month we launched the new @thinkygames.com website. 😭

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 14/12/2024

The earliest references to this joke are as an anti-joke, so I think the chicken is just fine!

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 11/12/2024

2 years 4 months ago, I recorded my first ever puzzle book playthrough and it absolutely blew me away. Today, the digital version of that book, LOK Digital, just released on Steam. Don't miss it, folks. store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 29/10/2024

Sickest burn in video game history.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 15/09/2024

When you've played so many puzzle games you can predict the next puzzle before you've seen it

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 12/09/2024

What a cool collection of games on this YouTube channel 👀 www.youtube.com/@Joe...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 08/08/2024

Started playing Slider - an adventure game set in a sliding puzzle world! It's shocking that this game is free. I'm having a great time! My playthrough: www.youtube.com/play... The game: store.steampowered.c...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 01/08/2024

You play as Mija, Stellar Systems Engineer on her first day on her new job at the star factory. Of course, something goes terribly wrong, and Mija has to repower the factory to save her new colleagues. Also features Carl Sagan references and musings on our place in the universe!

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 01/08/2024

There are lots of nice easier puzzles that keep the flow going, but also plenty of stumpers - especially some of the optional challenge puzzles. This challenge puzzle has such a simple layout but took me 20 minutes - the solution was sooo clever.

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 01/08/2024

Played Star Stuff from Ánimo Games - it's reaaaally well made! ✨ It's a programming game, but less engineering and more puzzle-solving. Great, approachable puzzle design, and super polished. My playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... The game: store.steampowered.com/app/1955110/...

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Joseph Mansfield @josephmansfield.uk · 01/06/2024

Fledgling great tits getting fed (and attempting to feed themselves a bit) in the garden today.

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