#thinkbox

[lynx-doodles-indie-games]

solidarity in like suffering

this is what happens when bug game fans throw their blorbos into the meatgrinder and let them recover with their loved ones like we're playing with dollies.

hope you like your sliced and diced blorbo, @spectralgecko !

[themissinglynx]

look, if you just take a big ol bite out of a star

ice-affinity light stars would taste minty, fire-affinity dark stars would taste hot pepper spicy, thunder-affinity light stars have an effervescence to them, and wind-affinity dark stars…

dammit, idk

could someone help out? what do wind-affinity dark stars taste like?

[healthysclf]

i am staring at the all of the blogs i have either made or saved urls for and realizing i miiiiight need to take a proper break from tumblr

[ginandoldlace]

Sykes  is a dog  actor  from  Clifton Oxfordshire England. He is best known in the UK for his appearance as Harvey in Thinkbox's television commercial and, under his real name, in Midsomer Murders (Series fourteen to eighteen, inclusive). He has also appeared in several Hollywood blockbusters.He graced the cover of the Country Life  magazine, dated 25 January 2012. Another article about Sykes and his film career was in ,The Sunday Times in February 2012, titled, "Bites, camera, action". Originally found as a stray in 2004, his owner is animal trainer and stunt dog specialist Gill Raddings. Since January 2016 Sykes has been in semi-retirement

His TV Rolls are  Doctor Who,, Casualty Dalziel & Pascoe ,Heartbeat Holby City , Miss Marple  and Doc Martin

His Films are Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl Alexander Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' The Other Boleyn Girl, Young Victoria, The Duchess , Prince of Persia The Sands of Time , The Wolfman, Burke and Hare, Clash of the Titans and Snow White and the Huntsman

Photos From on the set of Midsomer Murders

[octahedral-chaos]

Humor me with whatever's in your thinkbox—assemble all the Eddas together for a girls' night

Hmmmm... that'll be chaos-

PD! Edda would be chilling, Selkie Star! Edda would be curious about the other Eddas, Electrical Hearts! Edda would be extremely awkward and Blinded! Edda would also be vibing-

[capthcwzer]

things are not well in the old thinkbox so i think a hiatus is in order, both here and on lee

[krisispiss]

FRIEND I know I gushed about it earlier today, but I'm gonna repeat it loudly and publicly- You're a downright delight to talk to, your characters are so vibrant and fun, and I deeply treasure all the fun interactions we have- I'm sorry the ol' thinkbox is being rough to ya today, In my heart, I'm squeezin' ya as tight as I can to help <3

Thank you fey, you're always so sweet and I love talking to you, even if I am bad at keeping up a conversation 😭 I always super appreciate your kind words 💜

[yourlocalmissingtexture]

Adapting to social situations is great and all (sorta lying), but man do I hate when I get sucked into the realm of falsely imposed one dimensional caricatures.

It’s a people pleasing tactic, I know it is. Kinda works like a defense mechanism when I feel like I’m at social risk (usually “oh god they’re going to leave me”), and I wish I knew how to shut it off. Being in that mindset always makes me anxious. Like, am I going to be this way forever? (No.) Just an archetype? (No.) Uh oh, I feel this way outside of this context, I really am Just Like This now, aren’t I? (No, I’m not.) I thought I used to have more facets of myself. (I still do). Suppose it’s an internalization (is that the right usage of that word here?) of the fear of being misunderstood, modified into the fear of becoming someone I’m not.

Will have to do some digging around in the ole thinkbox and see if I can’t figure out wtf the deal is and hopefully find a way to disengage it. I can’t help but wonder if it’s a symptom of something just based on how distinct it feels, but what it would be a symptom of I’m not sure.

[jackiehicks]

Fandom List Update!!!

the first of its kind!!

so i’m making the executive decision to add my babysitter’s a vampire to the fandom list!!! if you have requests for any mbav characters please please send them in!! i’ve got one in the thinkbox right now too but i have a few more to get out of my asks first.

not to worry, there’s plenty more wyatt to come! got some more spyder in the works too, and if you’re a stranger things fan you may want to watch this space…

[dreamcoremutual]

Shapeshifting digital angel from the inner-dimension called Hell. I have wires for veins and my brain is called The ThinkBox. The ThinkBox is a clear plastic box containing microchips and a singular lightbulb that sometimes flickers, but is usually turned on. Humans like to lie to you, saying that what's in your head is "your brain", but some of us really do have ThinkBoxes, only those of us with them are aware of it. Personally, I am what my 'body' is, but my body isn't anything, really. The scientific term is "female", so scientifically that's my body, but I am actually so much more. I am fed with medicine to keep my energy levels in tact, and below my ThinkBox is a radar split in three. I'm not really anything like an animal, I'm much more like a sophisticated human-being. I can also be a pinball machine, but I don't think humans are quite ready for that yet...

explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like “male”, “female”, “nonbinary”, “masculine”, “feminine” or “androgynous”.

go!

[bigraagsbigblog]

Google Summer Of Code (Tools)

3/23/25

 developing tools that could be useful for studying human higher-order cognitive performances for which there is no robust animal model, and post 100 words on your blog presenting to our class (the Lab) what you find interesting about that tools project. You may focus on one of the tools already proposed, or discuss how to develop a tool that you would like to see.

I found OpenSourceMaps super interesting. I love thinking about desire paths and human interaction with the world. We path-find in interesting ways distinguishing between paved structures and unpaved ones, and taking paths for efficiency's sake, subconsciously. There is a robust animal model for this (migration in birds and butterflies, hunting dogs, salmon, etc etc) all with robust path finding capabilities, I just found it really cool to see how humans interact with the world in unique ways outside of paved paths, which are hard to generate maps for, since satellites can't often pick them up.

Another one I found interesting (that I was surprised to see on the list!) was Blender. I've used Blender on multiple occasions for all sorts of things ranging from designing 3d models for 3d printing in the thinkbox, to designing conceptual drafts before throwing pottery, or before doing woodwork. I believe there's no Robust Animal Model for 3d imagination in the way humans have - being able to interact and dream up a fully formed 3d model of something, and build it meta-physically. It's something that would be very hard to prove in other species, but still, I do believe we're unique in this way.

[vanderlindepounder]

fighting my demons from rdo oc posting i have an angry 27 year old on the ol' thinkbox

[eradicatetehnormal]

Thinkbox Chris's KH content is actually fucking awful, but I can't stop watching it.

[jamiewrandall]

(2021) Entertainment after isolation: a sudden shift or acceleration of the inevitable?

I wrote this article in 2021 as a piece of A-Level English Language coursework, it reflects on and evaluates the state of entertainment media after and during the pandemic.

Everybody was affected by COVID 19 and the subsequent lockdowns. The restrictions put in place resulted in many things we took for granted changing, amongst these being the way we consume media.

Audiences fulfil many needs by interacting with entertainment mediums however the pandemic changed our priorities. The social impact of a hit show has been amplified far beyond the water cooler, expanding across the internet, but in a world without social events and workplace chat Tweets counted more. An example of this social importance during lockdown can be seen with Marvel Studios first TV escapade, Wandavision, which for all its viewers spawned an inescapable current of rumours and debate which a lot of people seemingly felt the need to be a part of hence Wandavision being 2021’s most pirated show.

It’s been easy to spot trends in a society deprived of anything non covid related to talk about, we’ve seen some surprise viral hit; you must remember watching Tiger King or at least seeing Tik Tok’s take on the Netflix show. It’s not a shock to see outlandish content entertaining people especially with the phenomenon of ‘News Blues’ hitting hard as people tune into weekly broadcasts and controversy.

Through all of this what happens to cinema? The new Spiderman proved that audiences are still willing to venture into the frightening wild as long as you have enough fanfare around a product however if you’re not pushing an action epic it will be a struggle, with the reopening of cinemas in August 2021 only seeing 50% of pre pandemic profits. The return of the entertainment industry as we remember it won't happen, rather an evolved form will take its place.

Television can continue to prosper

COVID restrictions were in force and headlines reported news of disease and social unrest but shows like It’s a Sin and Line of Duty still garnered high viewership even with stories focussing on health and corruption, topics you’d assume had been saturated by current affairs. However, with the suspense carried by episodic dramas and social discourse generated it begins to make sense why people would be interested, and having relatable topics isn’t a bad thing. It’s not only hard-hitting dramas delivering quality entertainment. As identified by the Thinkbox the ‘doing shows’ show of the past have gone through a renaissance with hits like The Repair Shop and Clarkson's Farm taking the instructional, informative style but infusing drama and emotion whilst maintaining some reality. Even with the heralded demise of broadcast television it’s clear people will continue to tune in given that your show has the social impact, relevance, and gravitas to interest viewers. Niche products do still have a place when they can connect more with viewers.

2. Viral Viewing and Cultural Relevance

Not everyone will consume your product based on supposed quality alone, especially when a trip to the cinema could be risky, or its exclusive to a new SVOD service, this requires any release to have some ‘hype’ and with all the spare time people have had to tweet about and meme things we’ve seen even more devoted fandoms and viral successes. This is why unique iconography and memorable musical motifs are even more important when trying to create mainstream content and the mockery of your product not necessarily being a bad thing. Social media trends allowed some releases to transcend their target audiences notably with Squid Game’s popularity on Tik Tok leading it to reach primary school playgrounds despite its 15 rating.

3. Social Connections in the digital world

 As everyone’s day-to-day lives adapted, so that they could be conducted from home, the take up and development of various online platforms was greatly accelerated and it’s no surprise to see companies desperately leveraging this market with new communications features and the elusive but vague promise of “The Metaverse”. These changes are easier to observe in the videogame industry where convergence of social events, general discourse, and entertainment has already taken place inside huge online experiences like Fortnite and Roblox where concerts and even businesses are taking place within them. It's no longer just enough to offer entertainment, audiences will be expecting more of an expansive social experience that fulfils all their needs. As this way of socialising becomes more common, we can hope for enhanced awareness as to the effects and dangers that could come from this future. Though all the events proceeding the news of lockdown in March 2020 have been controversial we all can agree that the restrictions on our lives have irreversibly accelerated some inevitable changes in the media industry and primed us for a future where we become an active audience in all forms of entertainment we interact with. As we move towards this, we can continue to look back on how TV, film and videogames changed and attempted new things as they tried to figure out entertainment after isolation.