I’m on Observation Duty is a long running series of monitoring live surveillance footage and reporting anomalies—essentially spot the difference. This was my first time playing instead of watching a game like this, and I enjoyed it. While the changes in the environment could be subtle, there were also supernatural elements like ghosts and monsters, the latter able to kill if not caught in time. Too many anomalies at once could also end the run, the goal to make it to 6AM.

With two difficulty modes, normal was slower paced with no penalty for over-reporting, while hard mode included less obvious anomalies and a punishing lock-out for false reports. It was stressful at times, but there was something nice about zoning out and trying to keep up. I definitely see myself checking out more like this, or maybe even jumping into previous instalments.