I am honestly impressed. I thought I had an idea of the method and it turns out that not only was I wrong, the real method is about 100 times easier than where my head went. Bravo.

Buzzwords by Dan Harlan and Milbourne Christopher is a winner on several levels. It uses a very clever principle, some old and new thinking. When I saw the demo, I also tried to think of the method. In this case, I was right. I have utilized a******** in magic for years, like Max Maven and others. (the word is redacted so I won't give away too much in this review). Add to that principle, which you will love, are several additional subtleties that make this a perplexing piece of mentalism.
Another key point is that it is easy to make and perform, with minimal props. The first routine is perfect for 2020 in that it can be performed over zoom or Skype shows. Dan's routine (adapted from Christopher's routine in Tarbell) is fun for those live shows with a participant.
Here's something I perhaps should not say. I don't buy a trick depending on whether or not it fools me. My purchase depends on many other factors, the main one being the effect as perceived by an audience. And I would not mind paying ten bucks to get Dan Harlan's thinking on a trick, even on those I already own. I hope Dan doesn't read this review. It could put me in the poorhouse.

I've purchased many great Penguin downloads in the past. This is NOT one of them. I'm pleased that several people enjoyed it. More power to them and good luck. Personally, I found the effect to be extremely boring. I will just file this purchase in my junk magic file. When I perform I do my best to invoke excitement in my audience. I'm afraid this one will just put them to sleep.

I've seen Dan do much better.

While the premise and the concept of the trick is really good, the reveal is pretty anti-climactic. I have only once used it in my zoom repertoire. Again, this is 100% my opinion and this trick might prove useful to you. However, what was useful was the way the list of words was made - that gimmick helped me for a few other tricks.

I am giving this a 4 only because I wish half of this 47 minute tutorial could be wiped from my memory, 23 minutes and 30 seconds added back to my life.

Take my advice, don't do what I did. Fast forward. I don't know what happened during post production, but hire a new editor!

More time could have been spent on technique and variations, than on the painfully obvious. I do mean painfully obvious. Like taking a strip of paper and writing the same words on it that on on that on another strip of paper in full view. Is he doing this because there is a switch involved, it it a gimmick. NO! Its the same f'n strip of paper with the same words on it! How long did that take something like 15 minutes of my life? You can't make this stuff up.

I like the effect. I can see using it in any number of ways, but honestly give your audience some credit, even a 5 year old could have done without all that.

Skill level since the tutorial was obviously made for a 3 year old - NONE. The ghost of Mr. Rogers haunts this tutorial. Can you say 'Buzzwords?' I thought you could!

BTW - for the overtly serious minded. This was written in jest. You have to have a sense of humor to navigate the day sometimes.

An attractive price for an instant download of a superb mental effect. The words themselves are clear and large enough for a fair-sized platform show. The effect seems SO fair and is quite effective.

Marvin Kaye

Author, "The Handbook of Mental Magic"

Amazing concept. If performed well with some added subleties, you will fool n amaze anyone.
Perform it once and move on to next trick.

Wow.

There are two methods playing together perfectly.
I think english is the best lenguage for this and maby the only one that works. Because of this i give just 4 stars, but I love the methods and they can be used in many different ways.
And yes, it works live too.

Solid, quick prediction effect. There are 2 presentations given. I prefer the virtual method (which works equally as well for in person performance - e.g. passed wifey test). Played very strong on a conference call as well. As mentioned in the tutorial, the general principal will likely spark your creativity and you're bound to come up with other ways to use this.

Watching the initial (virtual) demonstration, I was hard pressed to see any magic happening. The method seems so obvious that I anticipated it before the reveal - and I am a novice. The live presentation was much more satisfying, but I can't say I was very impressed.
Certainly worth the low cost to see what Buzzwords is all about, but st impressive of the effects I have purchased from Penguin.