Rick Arellano

The fragments of the game Rick Arellano

A compelling social theory, about the last days of the pickup-art. We can't deny that the study of man-woman dynamics will continue, but the way of approaching women as a Game has changed. We see internet gurus today telling you how to be 'more alpha' and stuff. But they lack a deeper understanding of the culture. It's only a pale reflection of what it was. The secret society could be broken for some, but news is: the decline of the pickup communities was an intentional strategy, to regress to its initial state; to be again under the radar. ... Have you ever heard of the practice of 'Game'? The known 'art of seduction' had its good times in the last 15 years, but the traces go back much earlier, and the consequences are still present for us. This book sets up a journey in discovering the origins, but more importantly, maps the personal journey into the decline of publicity of the pickup artists, and reveal the different possibilities and venues I chose to practice the game, as a different path from social circle game, predominant in recent times. 'The fragments of the game' claims that the game is broken, but ignites a careful search, to discover the pieces, not in order to to rebuild pickup, but to declare its permanence.