Should You Still Read The Game by Neil Strauss?

In 2005, former "Average Frustrated Chump" Neil Strauss released "The Game," and the pickup artist community seemed to witness a spike. We started seeing an outburst of different dating companies such as Real Social Dynamics, Love Systems, and David DeAngelo just to name a few. "The Game" gave hope to the hopeless, and guys were starting to see success with women that they never experienced before. "The Game" gave guys the tools to succeed with women. It is clear that the pickup artist community was sparked by Neil Strauss' masterpiece. It has been 7 years since the book was released. Is "The Game" still relevant to modern day dating?

"The Game" helped many guys pick up women. The book was filled with not only an inspiring story about Neil Strauss' transformation from frustration to fantasy, but it included lines and routines that were proven to work on and attract women. Guys were starting to witness success with women by using these lines and routines from the book, and Mystery was starting to mark his presence in the pickup artist community as a guru. There was an outburst in the pickup artist community, and guys around the world were successfully seducing women. How long would the practices and theories from the book last? Well, dating science started to change and guys needed to adapt.

Nowadays, the theories from "The Game" simply will not work if you were to try it. They are all outdated and they simply do not work on women anymore. Girls started catching on to the routines in the book and dating science started to change. Companies like Real Social Dynamics and Love Systems started teaching more natural styles of game that were resulting in more success. Women were slowly rejecting canned lines and routines from the game and were responding to more natural styles of interaction.

Should you still read "The Game?" Yes! Even though the methods do not work anymore, you should read the story of what ignited the pickup artist community. It will also put many things into perspective and answer many of your questions that you may have about dating. The methods are outdated and do not work anymore, but Mystery being the pickup guru that he is, developed "Revelation" just recently. "Revelation" is filled with content that is relevant to modern day dating. You will notice many different techniques in "Revelation" compared to "The Game." Although "The Game" may not be useful to enhance your dating life, it is still a must-read.