FreeCell on That Hill

Your hands probably still remember. The rhythm of laying cards down from the top left. That small hesitation before parking one in a free cell. The quiet satisfaction of a run finally connecting. This is the FreeCell that came with your computer, rebuilt down to the feel of it. Card sizes, the way stacks overlap, the colour a selected card inverts to — all measured off the original and put back. There are no sound effects, because there weren't any then either. There is nothing new to learn. No tutorial, no sign-in, no animation before you start. You open it, and it's already dealt. ◆ Come back to the same deal, any time Every deal is decided by its number. Type the same number and you get the same layout years later, on any device. Go back to the one that beat you, or play a friend's deal and compare. 32,000 of them. ◆ It stays out of the way Ads are one thin strip outside the board.…