Strauss states on his MySpace Page that the videos are an attempt to teach the game in eight lessons and they represent a “real-life extreme pickup competition between Corin and David.”

I was under the impression that the purpose of the videos was to demonstrate the material from the community works. However, they are making a straw man argument (Corin being the straw man). Every mission, Corin is assigned a role to play, but the manner he plays that role is a complete caricature of how a person of that nature would function in “real-life.”

Whether you are trying to be like James Bond, a Rich Guy who buys girls drinks, or a successful musician, it is highly unlikely that any of those people in real life would even remotely resemble the way Corin is playing those characters. It would only be a “real-life” competition if Corin really tries to play those characters. The point is to show that the material from the game will work in the most outrageous situations, NOT that exaggerating the worst behaviors in certain personality types will certainly fail.

So in answer to your question, I feel that the videos are going in the wrong direction in that they are becoming more ridiculous as each video is released. I have no issue with David’s behavior being ridiculous, but I do with Corin’s, because it belies the purpose of the missions, which is to provide a real-life competition.

I’m finding these videos to be getting more ridiculous with each episode. I do find them entertaining but I think they are going in the wrong direction.