The Game
by Neil Strauss
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Aug 2025 on My First Million.
The general take
Sam Parr read The Game as a teenager and found it valuable for how it quantifies and creates terminology around social interactions, though he acknowledges the book has "a little bit of an ick factor" to it. He's clearly impressed by the framework it provides despite some reservations about the content.
About
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.
Who said what
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…sam discussing neil strauss's the game book on seduction tactics
“And Sean, I don't know, you know, like me and Sean have both talked about the book, The Game, which I assume you know all about, Neil Strauss. And for a 14-year-old boy, that was like the greatest thing ever because we like desperately wanted to meet girls and it was like a very pop-y way of like learning about it.”
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