An annoyance with tech based mentalism

Marc Kerstein

10 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

The "Trick Of The Year" award won by WikiTest. For this kind of thinking, no doubt.

There's something about a lot of tech magic routines that's bothered me for years. I tried to explain it in an email to The Jerx in 2017 like this:

Incidental Tech Magic

A photo of the Quarterly magazine, published by "Half Half Man".

Some Old Thoughts

Me in 1997 or so, on TV with Anthony Owen and Marc Paul.

Hello! I'm Marc.

I've been developing technology-based magic tricks for over a decade now, and in doing so, realised that I've become quite opinionated about it all. Rather than confine my thoughts to comments in nerdy magic group chats, I figured I'd formalise them once in a

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Incidental Tech Magic

Some Old Thoughts

Hello! I'm Marc.