The blonde on the six of hearts has this look, like she knows exactly why you're still playing. You cover her with the seven, then the eight, and each time the card flips there's a little animation, a shrug of the shoulder, the strap slipping. It's a card game, technically. Fifty two tiles, merge the lower with the higher of the same suit, beat the opponent's score. But the real mechanic is patience. You sit there, merging clubs and diamonds, waiting for the next layer to come off.

The striptease is tied to the score. Win a round and she loses the jacket. Win again and the skirt goes. It's not a complex system, and honestly the AI opponent sometimes plays like it's drunk, making moves that make no sense. One time I had a straight flush of spades building and the opponent just kept merging hearts into a dead end. Maybe it's random. Maybe it's designed to let you win. Either way, the pacing is weird, you'll be stuck on a boring diamond run for five minutes then suddenly three wins in a row and she's down to lace.

I keep thinking about the tile art. It's a real model, or at least photos of one, and the cards have this cheap glossy look like a deck you'd buy at a gas station. The animation between merges is choppy, like someone cut the frames with scissors. But the face, when she's down to the last few pieces, there's a smirk that feels less like a game asset and more like a dare. I wish there were more suits, or a way to choose the model, but there isn't. You just play, merge, watch, and the score climbs until the deck runs out. Then it's over and you start again, because the next card might be the one where she finally turns around.