Know what you are guessing
You are guessing where the photo was published: a LinkedIn profile or a public INTERPOL notice. You are not judging the person. Both groups use the same square framing, so the frame itself gives nothing away.
Start without a filter
Play your first rounds in full colour to get a feel for the photos. When you try filters, stick to one filter per session so your results are comparable.
How to play each filter
- Black & White and Sepia: colour is gone, so look at posture and how the head and shoulders sit in the frame.
- Blur and Potato quality: detail disappears; focus on overall shape, head angle and contrast.
- Shrek mode, Saturate and Invert: colours turn strange, so ignore skin tone and lighting and look at composition.
- 8-bit: treat it as a silhouette: hair outline, collar line and head position.
- Censor bar: without the eyes, the mouth and jaw carry the expression. Does it look posed or neutral?
- Keyhole: you only see the middle of the face. Go with your first instinct; staring longer rarely helps.
- Randomize quality: the filter changes every round, so start fresh each time instead of carrying over the last clue.
The answer always shows the unfiltered photo, so you can see what you missed.
Read the answer before moving on
The reveal shows the job and location from the LinkedIn profile, or the charges, issuing country and nationality from the notice. Missing details are left out rather than guessed. Notice details are a saved snapshot, so they don’t confirm that someone is still wanted today. Where the photos come from.
Measure yourself over 50 rounds
- Press Reset and play 50 rounds with no filter.
- Write down your accuracy and best streak. Skipped faces don’t count toward Total.
- Play another 50 rounds with Blur or Black & White.
- Compare the two. A single good streak can be luck; accuracy over 50 rounds is a better guide.
Each group of ten faces has five from each source, so guessing the same answer every time lands near 50%. If you skip a lot, the faces you answer may not be evenly split.
Clues that mislead
- Race, nationality, gender or age: none of these tells you where a photo came from or anything about a person.
- Smiles, suits or serious faces: you will find all of them in both groups.
- Background or image quality: every face uses the same framing, so these clues don’t hold up.
- Patterns in the order: faces are shuffled, and two or three from the same source can come in a row.
Play at your own pace
There is no timer, and you can skip any face. Use L and I to answer, S to skip and Enter to continue. See all controls or get help with loading and scores.