I've heard of "The Game", and I've watched "The Pickup Artist" and seen how Mystery teaches his students.
The thing is, I don't know...
I always say I want to be a normal guy and just pick up women and stuff, but, deep down inside I know that it's not what I really want to be... I only say that because I feel like I'm desperate to be loved, but what I really want is a nice, caring, wonderful girlfriend who loves my kindness and likes me for who I am. This myspace girl says she really loves how sweet I am, and that her past boyfriends treated her like crap, and she was just looking for a caring man now, which I know I am that type.
The problem with The Pickup Artist is that it's focused on picking up women at clubs for a kiss or seducing a woman for a one night stand, the same day you meet her. I don't want a woman that is that easy, because it just feels whoreish or something to me. I know, I think oddly, but that's how I feel.
If there's a book on how to pick up a genuine girl at the library or something, I'd be all for it... I didn't check out the other names you mentioned yet except for that Sean guy, yikes, I'll have to read his story, hehe.