Thinknoodles

Thinknoodles, whose real name is Justin Andrew Watkins, was born in Texas and later relocated to New York. During his childhood in the early 1980s, his father taught him and his sister how to operate computers, predicting the technology's future impact. As a child, he also managed a severe case of asthma.

He is married to Rachelle Watkins. The couple shares their home with their dogs, Kopi and Kloï, who regularly appear in references across his social platforms and video intros.

Watkins began his video production efforts on YouTube with his initial channel, jawatkin, created in September 2006 and active until mid-2011. In May 2010, he launched CPInsider to publish dedicated walkthroughs and guides for Club Penguin. To streamline his growing collection of guide projects across Webkinz, Poptropica, and Club Penguin, he consolidated them into a single channel called Insiders Network on December 15, 2011.

The channel later rebranded to Thinknoodles, transitioning into broader gameplay series. His catalog grew to cover Minecraft, Roblox, Pokemon Brick Bronze, and popular indie horror games such as Granny, Poppy Playtime, and Garten of Banban. In his early production workflow, he edited with ScreenFlow and Final Cut Pro before migrating to Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Over the course of his online career, Thinknoodles has collaborated with a variety of prominent gaming commentators, including Daniel Middleton (DanTDM), James Filon (ThnxCya), Jordan Atkinson (PerpetualJordan), Graser10, and Vikkstar123.

Beyond commentary and gameplay streaming, he contributed voice work to the indie game industry by voicing the character Experiment Jester in the horror game Garten of Banban IV.