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 Guitarist Mick Taylor and jazz trombonist Chris Barber also appear on the album and have been long-term collaborators with Petit since their involvement in his successful campaign to "Save The 100 Club" in December 2010. Their contributions were recorded at Petit’s home studio in late 2012. Mick Taylor spoke of "Cracking The Code" to "Guitar & Bass Magazine": "I went to see Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings and when I went to meet Bill backstage there were a few guitar fanatics there. A few of them said "we really enjoyed your playing on the Stephen Dale Petit album" it was nice