| Best-selling book The Game was written by writer | | | | homage to the film's main character. |
| and the (self-titled) greatest Pick-Up Artist in the | | | | Publication of The Game was wrought with harsh |
| world, Neil Strauss. The Game charts the author's rise | | | | criticism from many diverse interest groups. Members |
| as he delved into the sub-community of | | | | of the seduction community at the heart of the |
| Internet-based seducers and Lotharios facing up to | | | | book became increasingly anxious that their |
| his own fears and anxieties about interacting with | | | | sub-community would have the glare of the |
| women- even if only to ask directions on the street- | | | | mainstream shone upon it highlighting their practices |
| to bedding adult film stars and Hollywood celebrities. | | | | leaving them open to inspection by the very audience |
| The Game featured the most prominent Pick-Up | | | | they wished to keep their activities hidden from. |
| Artists and Seducers from across the globe and | | | | Some went so far as to suggest that Strauss' |
| though not intended to be interpreted as a 'how to' | | | | intentions were geared towards and influenced by |
| guide to picking up women it still managed to capture | | | | the financial rewards of the book's publication as well |
| acclaim by featuring on the New York Times best | | | | as the opportunity to further his own writing career. |
| sellers list during September and October 2005 and | | | | Criticism was also leveled from feminists who claimed |
| was the best selling book on in a short space of time | | | | that The Game was written with undertones of |
| after its release. Others making guest appearances | | | | misogyny as the rating of the appearance of women |
| of note include socialite Paris Hilton and pop star | | | | using a scale of 1-10 to judge their value in the eyes |
| Britney Spears- who Strauss actually claims to have | | | | of Pick-Up Artists objectified women. This was, |
| exchanged telephone numbers with during an | | | | however, countered by Neil Strauss who argued the |
| interview for then employers Rollingstone magazine. | | | | claim that men were, in the same vein, 'valued' |
| Sub-plots and adjacent story lines are integral to The | | | | according to attractiveness by women using signals |
| Game with the author chronicling his pursuit of a | | | | such as wealth and that rating a woman's appearance |
| military-style sleep regime and overt references to | | | | was merely an attempt at verbalising an evolutionary |
| pop culture such as the alignment of the plot to the | | | | process that men undertake when assessing the |
| film Fight Club- incidentally, a famous Pick-Up Artist | | | | suitability of potential mates. |
| takes the pseudonym Tyler Durden in an apparent | | | | |