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OPINION: Examinability

OPINION: Examinability

Alex Kirk

In a perfect world, every prop and gimmick we use would be examinable, but sadly in the absence of genuine magic we need methods. We also need to keep these...

OPINION: Examinability

Alex Kirk

In a perfect world, every prop and gimmick we use would be examinable, but sadly in the absence of genuine magic we need methods. We also need to keep these...

REVIEW: WarpZag by Joel Dickinson

REVIEW: WarpZag by Joel Dickinson

Alex Kirk

WarpZag by Joel Dickinson is a close-up illusion using a signed playing card. The freely selected card is signed and folded length ways before being placed behind another playing card....

REVIEW: WarpZag by Joel Dickinson

Alex Kirk

WarpZag by Joel Dickinson is a close-up illusion using a signed playing card. The freely selected card is signed and folded length ways before being placed behind another playing card....

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...