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The Game
Escrito por Neil Strauss
Narrado por Neil Strauss
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Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women.
This is not fiction.
For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity, he began his remarkable journey from AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) to PUA (Pickup Artist) to PUG (Pickup Guru) -refining his approach, sharing unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Courtney Love, and ultimately transforming himself from frog to prince . . . to prisoner.
And then things started to get really strange.
One of the most explosive and controversial books in years, The Game is guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever.
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The Game
Escrito por Neil Strauss
Narrado por Neil Strauss
Descrição
Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women.
This is not fiction.
For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity, he began his remarkable journey from AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) to PUA (Pickup Artist) to PUG (Pickup Guru) -refining his approach, sharing unforgettable encounters with the likes of Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Courtney Love, and ultimately transforming himself from frog to prince . . . to prisoner.
And then things started to get really strange.
One of the most explosive and controversial books in years, The Game is guaranteed to change the lives of men and transform the way women understand the opposite sex forever.
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I think the book was a bit amusing, just because the men it's about really makes this game into some sort of a secret society, a cult. I found myself thinking and hoping that there are more than games and sexual behaviors going on in these boys mind and that there are woman out there, who can see through the game or even play themselves.
4 stars for it being so well written.. but... WTF? I spent most of the book shaking my head. These men are freakin serious about picking up women. On the one hand, it's good that they're improving themselves.. nothing like a little de-geeking to help a guy become more social, but... damn!
Hilarious and depressing. Hilarious because the lengths these guys will go to score are absurd and the stories will make you laugh despite yourself. Strauss's description of this underground world of pickup artists makes them look pathetic. But seriously, is this what the American male has been reduced to?
Just ridiculous. I assumed that this was fiction but no, it was much stranger than that.
Really fascinating, entertaining and at the same time irritating read. The techniques fascinate me, especially when they are used in other contexts than this, but the "game" itself... what can I say? I watched and really enjoyed the tv-series The Pickup Artist too, although it gave me very mixed feelings. Again, the techniques and the mind manipulation stuff is intriguing and can be used for amazing things. Using them to deceive, cheat and fool people is really shitty and an incredible waste of potential...
Probably the most well written and interesting non-fiction work I have read. If you're looking for a "how-to-manual" or a good story, you won't be disappointed. Not for the closed-minded, or for the innocent; this book could do some serious damage to the psyche of those who aren't ready for the worldview shattering contents.
read it years ago, twice actually and i recommend it to every man, will totally change the way you look at your self and women.
Awesome read. Love the length, the stories, experiences, and the wonderful life lessons that we know are true but never want to acknowledge. I'd still love to have the experiences though ;)
NS: To win the Game, was to leave it.
MK
MK
life changer. lots of lessons in one book. Thanks you.
Wish I'd listened to this long ago, would've thought me a lot.
I'm not sure why I waited so long to read this book.
A bunch of weird dudes thinking they are a master with the ladies. The sex they got is all free, not hard for most people. This is like taking 1000s of FREE items and claiming you are rich bc of how much stuff you have.
Changed my life
I recommend this book but more so recommend going in deeper on studying the guys in it.
RSD has been my personal favorite but I’ve studied them all
I recommend this book but more so recommend going in deeper on studying the guys in it.
RSD has been my personal favorite but I’ve studied them all
It’s an entertaining book. If you love psychology and seduction this is ones for you
Good story...
Consumable...
Makes you wonder all the stuff not said...
Romantic
Consumable...
Makes you wonder all the stuff not said...
Romantic
Its not for everyone but if you start it you must finish it! Life is a game! Nice job!!!
in there is mistakes in audio book like reaching chapter#8 , the audio book is saying chapter #6.
also there is a lot of paragraph missing in sixth chapters in Audio book for example page seventy one in written book paragraph few paragraph is missing in Audiobook.
actually i like it most this book other than few books of inner life games.
Chapter 4 is missing in audio book, in written book page #98 subject Field Report; Author: Extramask
also there is a lot of paragraph missing in sixth chapters in Audio book for example page seventy one in written book paragraph few paragraph is missing in Audiobook.
actually i like it most this book other than few books of inner life games.
Chapter 4 is missing in audio book, in written book page #98 subject Field Report; Author: Extramask
In the end, virtually none of the characters one meets in this book ends up happy. But that's not the point. The point is, as a woman reading this story of competing schools of pick-up artistry, to understand the other side. Almost all of the pick-up artists in this book were deeply flawed, damaged individuals, who learned techniques to play women like violins in order to salve their bruised and battered egos. In the end, as the author notes, almost nothing is big enough to fill the hole inside their psyche. Still, it's a fascinating look at the other side of dating - the premeditated, consciously manipulative side. I felt like having a shower after reading the book, but it was difficult to put down all the same.
There's a good chance I wouldn't have believed some of the extreme claims made in this book if I hadn't seen VH1's reality show, The Pickup Artist, first. Whether you believe it or not, Neil Strauss' The Game is a fun and hilarious book that will suck you in and keep you reading until you hit the back cover.The gist of the book is as follows:Neil Strauss is asked by an editor to investigate the underground PUA (pick-up artist) community. Like most people, Strauss doubted that he would find anything legitimate, but decided to look into the assignment, partly out of self-interest. After learning some PUA techniques from Mystery, creator of the Mystery Method of seduction and perhaps the greatest PUA, and finding some success, Strauss takes on the alias "Style" and totally immerses himself in the lifestyle.Style uses the skills honed by years of writing and journalism to study the many schools of seduction and eventually emerges as one of the world's greatest pick-up artists, rivaling and perhaps even surpassing Mystery.Strauss packs in plenty of hilarious details about the encounters of various PUA's in many different situations, various episodes concerning Mystery and his emotional and mental disturbances, and the events leading up to the collapse of Mystery's ambitious Project Hollywood. Most importantly, Strauss provides his own insightful commentary on all the things the PUA community has completely wrong, namely the misogynistic tendencies of many PUA's, the lack of originality and individual thought amongst PUA's and the complete absence of any "techniques" for staying in healthy, long-term relationships.Despite Mystery's self-defeating personality, the lawlessness of Project Hollywood and having a large number of PUA's turn against him, Style manages to keep his head on straight and even lands himself the girl of his dreams-without using any seduction techniques! (they have quite the opposite effect, actually)Even if you don't believe in the powers of the pick-up artist, this book is worth checking out if only for Strauss' wonderful story of developing confidence in himself and finding happiness. And if you do think there is something to this seduction thing, then this book is a good starting point for learning some things and how to not let yourself get carried away.
This guy took his research way to seriously! The story was interesting but the characters were less than engaging. All the pick up artists (PUAs) came off as insecure little boys who had to seduce women to feel better about themselves. I think the author did a great job of presenting this openly and honestly. That was its charm but it also left a bad aftertaste.
Mindfucked
This book si a lot of fun. It si the story of how a Rolling Stone (now NY Times) writer went from not being able to pickup women...to being one of the top pikcup artists in the world. Read it as a story - instead of as a guide...so both men and women can read it. But...it does point to other seduction gurus (Mystery, Juggler, Ross Jeffreys) if you are a man...and need the help. It is great that this book opened the door to many men who could not get a date...becomeing successful with women.
Total losers . How embarrassing . No men in this book unless they’re after chapter14. Pathetic. Cringe worthy read. One star so he knows I didn’t forget to color in.
Neil Strauss's writing style (no pun intended) would have made this a captivating read even without the added bonus of Mystery's ridiculousness and Courtney Love's endearing nuttiness. But when all is said and done, even the men who "score" at this "game" end up looking pathetic. They can dress it up all they want, the bottom line is that they spend hours of their lives and thousands of their dollars pretending to be someone they aren't just to get idiot strippers to pay attention to them. None of them end up happy when all is said and done.
I hate this book. I hate myself for reading it. (I tried not to.) I hate Neil Strauss and I hate every idiotgirl who slept with him or gave him her number. It's true that I love to hate and that would be reason enough not to drop kick this book into the nearest dumpster. (Also, I got it from the library so that would be rude and I'd have to pay for it anyway.) But I actually enjoyed it, God help me. The author put an astronomical amount of time and energy into bamboozling people and dammit it worked. He's a pathetic little man but he's actually kind of likable. Grrr!
I'm ashamed of the women who've fallen for all this pick-up artist bullshit and I'm ashamed of the men who wasted actual brain-power on learning how to do it. I don't want to believe that there are hundreds of thousands of men out there who want, more than anything else in life, to be able to nail chicks that are way too hot for them. What a pathetic life's ambition. How sad for society in general.
There has to be a way to end this. Prostitution should definitely be legal. Not just legal, but socially acceptable. Also, beautiful women need to be less stingy with the goods. Throw these social rejects a bone, so to speak. Their unchecked macking is a danger to us all.
Now please excuse me while I try to restore my faith in humanity by watching Remember the Titans, Return to Me*, and The Blindside.
*I know that one's not based on a true story but I like to pretend that it is.
I'm ashamed of the women who've fallen for all this pick-up artist bullshit and I'm ashamed of the men who wasted actual brain-power on learning how to do it. I don't want to believe that there are hundreds of thousands of men out there who want, more than anything else in life, to be able to nail chicks that are way too hot for them. What a pathetic life's ambition. How sad for society in general.
There has to be a way to end this. Prostitution should definitely be legal. Not just legal, but socially acceptable. Also, beautiful women need to be less stingy with the goods. Throw these social rejects a bone, so to speak. Their unchecked macking is a danger to us all.
Now please excuse me while I try to restore my faith in humanity by watching Remember the Titans, Return to Me*, and The Blindside.
*I know that one's not based on a true story but I like to pretend that it is.
an eye-opening take on guy-girl interactions and how certain techniques work on picking up women - it's interesting as a psychology read (and leads to great discussion)
"The Game" is a memoir by NYT music journalist Neil Strauss. It covers a period of two years he spent in the "pickup artist" community. In the first part of the book, he describes his experiences learning strategies, psychological techniques, and sometimes canned lines or routines to help attract women's interest (and ultimately sleep with them). As the book proceeds, the experience of picking up women is largely abstracted out, and the focus becomes Neil's interactions with other members of the "pickup artist" community. Many of these people are oddballs with various mental disorders or personal issues. This culminates in extraordinarily dysfunctional, cult-like behavior as a group of pickup artists rent a house together and several try to monetize their skills by offering seminars."The Game" is not (and does not purport to be) any sort of instruction book. It is an autobiography. It is also a look inside a community of men who are often very insecure, who feel a hole within themselves, and who think that by attracting and sleeping with women, they will achieve meaning or restore value to their lives. Unsurprisingly, even those who become skilled at picking up women remain dissatisfied, sometimes more so than before they joined the pickup artist community. They learn some of the outer, superficial techniques and strategies for appearing confident and meeting women, but they still lack the underlying building blocks that make up a good life (including character traits like self-confidence and inner peace, as well as physical things like having a good job and working passionately to make the world a better place). Neil recognizes this, and his book chronicles a stage in his life that he seems glad to have moved beyond.This book has some notoriety, but I think it is generally undeserved. The pickup artists are not fooling or tricking women- the women know what they're getting into. (This may be one reason why most of the women the pickup artists attract appear to be struggling with their own demons, including self-esteem issues, illegal drug use, etc.) "The Game" is essentially a story of imperfect men and imperfect women seeking validation through each other- an unhealthy co-dependency that is part of muddling through, learning about oneself, and, hopefully, reaching a place where true self-confidence and a fulfilling relationship are possible.I would recommend this book to men who are having difficulty meeting women, but not for the reason one might think. The tips it provides are so sparse that they could be covered in a one-page cheat sheet, and they are so self-evident (e.g. self-confidence is attractive) that you hardly need a book to tell you. What "The Game" does is to illustrate that you're not alone- lots of people, both men and women, feel a need for intimacy, for sex, and for deeper validation. The path to true success- that is, lasting satisfaction and happiness- lies in authenticity and improving oneself, not in a bunch of psychological tricks and routines.
This book is fantastic to read. Can't put it down, it's non fiction, amazing, probably mostly for guys, but maybe not.
Women!!! Read how men are able to get into your head then into your pants!! It's a canny and clever book with many lol moments. I enjoyed this book......especially finishing it right before a trip to vegas with the girls, then calling out the pua in a club!!! :)