The Imitation Game war (and the puzzle was not set by Turing, who was no good at them). Google, which sponsored the New York Premiere of the film, launched a competition called "The Code-Cracking Challenge" on 23 November 2014. It is a skill contest where entrants must crack a code provided by Google. The prize/s will be awarded to entrant/s who crack the code and submit their entry the fastest. In November 2014, ahead of the film's US release, "The New York Times" reprinted the 1942 puzzle from "The Daily Telegraph" used in recruiting codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.
Cracking The Code Matters magazine commented that the album transported Petit "to the next level". Legendary UK music journalist Charles Shaar Murray agreed, deeming the album Petit's "graduation piece". Writing for The Blues, Shaar Murray notes: "[Petit] rises to the challenge that most New Blues players are guitarists first, singers second and songwriters a distant, trailing third. Previous records established his credentials as guitar hero and ace blues geek, but now he’s found his voice." "Cracking The Code" received an 8/10 star review in Classic Rock as well as being listed as one the magazine's best albums of 2013. Hi-Fi News magazine awarded