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OPINION: Method vs Effect

OPINION: Method vs Effect

Alex Kirk

Creating tricks for people to buy is a new thing for me. For several decades I have created my own effects to perform myself with little consideration for their commercial...

OPINION: Method vs Effect

Alex Kirk

Creating tricks for people to buy is a new thing for me. For several decades I have created my own effects to perform myself with little consideration for their commercial...

OPINION: Eye contact

OPINION: Eye contact

Alex Kirk

I was going to just write about the importance of eye contact in regard to misdirection but have realised it is a bigger topic. We have all been told to...

OPINION: Eye contact

Alex Kirk

I was going to just write about the importance of eye contact in regard to misdirection but have realised it is a bigger topic. We have all been told to...

REVIEW: Side Swiped by Simon Aronson

REVIEW: Side Swiped by Simon Aronson

Alex Kirk

Side Swiped is one of my favourite tricks, and I think the best thing Simon Aronson released other than that stack and the works on works on it. You say...

REVIEW: Side Swiped by Simon Aronson

Alex Kirk

Side Swiped is one of my favourite tricks, and I think the best thing Simon Aronson released other than that stack and the works on works on it. You say...

OPINION: Packet Tricks

OPINION: Packet Tricks

Alex Kirk

With the new release Chop Shop, John Bannon has made Packet tricks cool again. Okay, it may not all be John’s work, but I’m chuffed to see how popular the...

OPINION: Packet Tricks

Alex Kirk

With the new release Chop Shop, John Bannon has made Packet tricks cool again. Okay, it may not all be John’s work, but I’m chuffed to see how popular the...

REVIEW: Phil Plus (Outdone) by Trevor Duffy

REVIEW: Phil Plus (Outdone) by Trevor Duffy

Alex Kirk

Over the last couple of decades, Phil Plus by Trevor Duffy has cemented itself as the final answer to the ‘Fred’ trick and yet it seems to have slipped out...

REVIEW: Phil Plus (Outdone) by Trevor Duffy

Alex Kirk

Over the last couple of decades, Phil Plus by Trevor Duffy has cemented itself as the final answer to the ‘Fred’ trick and yet it seems to have slipped out...

REVIEW: Invisible Palm by JT

REVIEW: Invisible Palm by JT

Alex Kirk

I do love the Invisible Palm plot, which is a take on Open Travelers but with the pseudo explanation of being able to make a card invisible and then re-appear....

REVIEW: Invisible Palm by JT

Alex Kirk

I do love the Invisible Palm plot, which is a take on Open Travelers but with the pseudo explanation of being able to make a card invisible and then re-appear....