The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss

Oh boy is this a juicy one. It’s a true story of how Neil finds himself in the middle of the Seduction Community at the perfect time. When I first came to UK I used to research the guys he mentions. And boy has he met all the legends. So the book itself is not only entertaining, it’s very informative and gives out a lot of the ‘Game’ to the public… which I guess is a help and a hinderance but hey, that just makes the rest push their game even more.

Like all cults and communities there’s a lot of acronyms from AFC’s to PUA’s to AMOG’s, also a lot of terms are taken from movies like Top Gun, etc. And he basically takes you through it all. The contents should explain most of it. The book is divided into 11 steps and each step is further divided into chapters. Anyway like I mentioned I’d researched these legends and one thing film production taught me is what you see on the vids or read in the books is not exactly the whole story.

He got to meet Ross Jeffries (and his NLP techniques)… you could call him the god father of the community. In his vids he looks sleazy and talks like a kid and so so true. Most of Neil’s time was spent with Mystery… the worlds greatest PUA (pick up artist). One of my heroes coz he gives and gives and gives and all he wants is attention… good or bad. Things I didn’t know were things like what a loser Tyler Durden was… gotta admire his tenacity though. Then you got tantric and hypnotic folks like Steve P and Hypnotica (Rasputin in the book). Oh man I was gobbling it up.

Neil gets into it all… which means he got into the dark side of things too. The drama, dirt and especially addiction. There was even a case on BBC I think where these guys give up their real dreams and goal to pursue women and get better at the Game. So in a way it’s like guys get into it coz they don’t wanna let the women be in control but the Game controls them so the women win anyway kinda thing.

Something new I learnt though was about something called sleep diet. Like you sleep for 20 mins every 4 hours and that way you don’t have to sleep at night. But it’ didn’t work out for them so it’s still not a proper thing I guess. Oh and props to Neil too coz he innovated soooo much in the Game… from The Cube to opening lines.

The only thing I was not happy about was there was no proper mention about congruence. Every good playa knows this much… no matter what techniques, lines, methods you use… YOU have to be CONGRUENT with them. So it’s either fake it till you make it or make it to fashion your personality. But then again most of these Pickup Gurus teach you stuff where you have to fake it first. Apart from Hypnotica e.g. they say never buy a girl drinks first… he does the opposite but coz of his ‘congruence’ he can do it.

Still helps but know what you want, how far you want to get and beware… it’s very addictive! In fact it helps not only if you wanna get better with communicating with women and getting the girl you want but if you got confidence issues or just interaction issues. Big up Sach and Ashu for the recommendation and big up Viv for hooking it up.

Contents
Step 1 – Select a Target
Step 2 – Approach and Open
Step 3 – Demonstrate Value
Step 4 – Disarm the Obstacles
Step 5 – Isolate the Target
Step 6 – Creat an Emotional Connection
Step 7 – Extract of a Seduction Location
Step 8 – Pump Buying Temperature
Step 9 – Make a Physical Connection
Step 10 – Blast Last-Minute Resistance
Step 11 – Manage Expectations
Glossary
Acknowledgements