false 900 14 Are you just another AFC ("average frustrated chump") trying to meet an HB ("hot babe")? How would you like to "full-close" with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss's entertaining book <I>The Game</I>. Strauss was a self-described chick repellant--complete with large, bumpy nose, small, beady eyes, glasses, balding head, and, worst of all, painful shyness around women. He felt like "half a man." That is, until a book editor asked him to investigate the community of pickup artists. Strauss's life was transformed. He spent two years bedding some fine chiquitas and studying with some of the North America's most suave gents--including the best of them all, the God of the pickup "community," a man named Mystery. <p> Mystery is an aspiring Toronto magician who charges $2,250 for a weekend pickup workshop. He is not much to look at: a cross between a vampire and a computer geek. But by using high-powered marketing techniques he's turned seduction into an effortless craft--even inventing his own vocabulary. His technique sounds like a car salesman's tip sheet: his main rule is FMAC--find, meet, attract, close. He employs the "three-second rule"--always approach a woman within three seconds of first seeing her in order to avoid getting shy. Other tricks: Intrigue a beautiful woman by pretending to be unaffected by her charm; also, never hit on a woman right away. Start with a disarming, innocent remark, like "Do you think magic spells work?" or "Oh my god, did you see those two girls fighting outside?" And finally, the most important characteristic of the pickup artist--smile. <p> After two years, Strauss ends up becoming almost as successful as Mystery, but he comes to an important realization. His techniques were actually off-putting to the woman he ended up falling in love with. And they never prepared him for actually having a relationship. After a while, he ran out of one-liners and had to have a real conversation. Still, <I>The Game</I> is a great read that may help some AFCs come out of their shells. <I>--Alex Roslin</I> 387 1 9 2005 The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists total:1681|5:408|4:634|3:451|2:135|1:53| 1681 6252 2243 393 4 11 false false Wed Mar 11 21:02:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 22:12:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 12 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 19:08:38 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 09:58:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 11 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 07 12:13:02 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 14:07:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 6 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 21:18:21 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 09:46:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 08:34:16 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 22:03:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 14:52:02 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 13:47:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:39:13 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 13:39:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 25 08:38:19 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 21:04:33 -0700 2007 Parts of the story read like a self-help book, which was very funny in and of itself. But what I found to be interesting (on some level, perhaps) was that...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 18:23:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 07:36:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 16:50:15 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 17:02:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 16 15:26:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 15:27:03 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 20:44:12 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 20:44:59 -0800 2008
Strauss’ The Game is a fascinating look at an American subculture’s moment in time. It is a captivating story that rivals Hell’s Angels and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 15:13:59 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 08:32:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Apr 25 22:16:15 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 22:37:35 -0700 2007
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