When companies crack their own software…

From time to time I go back to computer gaming. Sometimes there’s nothing better than spending a Sunday afternoon blowing stuff up. So Sunday afternoon I got myself a copy of Call of Juarez. Its a first-person shooter set in the Wild West. Its a good game but at first seemed very flaky and prone to crashing. So I sent an email to the game publisher’s support department asking if there were any patches available to fix the problems I was experiencing. These days I can afford to buy the odd computer game and have no problems doing so… gone are the days in past when you would make a back up of a mate’s copy.

So I was surprised to see the game publisher recommending that I remove their copy protection by applying a patch supplied by them.

Hello,

If you have the DVDROM version of COJ: Please download the Call of Juarez DVD patch (11.5MB) by clicking the link http://patch.focus-home.com/COJ1.0DVD_Patch.zip
You can now run Call of Juarez without the game DVD on your drive. This is an unofficial patch only for those which have a SecuROM problem (not all CoJ players).

Best Regards,
Technical Support
Focus Home Interactive

I think I’ve seen it all.