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okay, now I will give up on bioshock

I bought another copy of Bioshock (Best Buy slashed the price on it to twenty bucks) and tried to install it. Again, I got the "patch file is corrupt" message. This time I broke down and called technical support. I was told to clear out the temporary file folders, both general and specific to my account. I was also instructed to open a five-digit port on my firewall and router. I did so, trying installing Bioshock again, and got the same result.

I also took the risky step of connecting my computer directly to the DSL modem. That got me three attempts to connect to the patch server before getting another kind of error message.

I think the authentication worked fine the first time I installed Bioshock, when it was just the original BioShock game, when there was no patch file to look for. Frankly I am perfectly capable of installing the patch file myself. I should have the option of skipping the patch and going straight to the authentication. But the patch setup is burned into the optical disk itself, so changing it is impossible.

I have had enough. I will waste no more time trying to get Bioshock to install on my computer. And I will certainly not compromise the security of my computer just because the maker of the game is so paranoid of the warez apelings. And since it is not going to get any better, I will not be buying any 2K games in the future.

I bought another copy of Bioshock (Best Buy slashed the price on it to twenty bucks) and tried to install it. Again, I got the "patch file is corrupt" message. This time I broke down and called technical support. I was told to clear out the temporary file folders, both general and specific to my account. I was also instructed to open a five-digit port on my firewall and router. I did so, trying installing Bioshock again, and got the same result.

I also took the risky step of connecting my computer directly to the DSL modem. That got me three attempts to connect to the patch server before getting another kind of error message.

I think the authentication worked fine the first time I installed Bioshock, when it was just the original BioShock game, when there was no patch file to look for. Frankly I am perfectly capable of installing the patch file myself. I should have the option of skipping the patch and going straight to the authentication. But the patch setup is burned into the optical disk itself, so changing it is impossible.

I have had enough. I will waste no more time trying to get Bioshock to install on my computer. And I will certainly not compromise the security of my computer just because the maker of the game is so paranoid of the warez apelings. And since it is not going to get any better, I will not be buying any 2K games in the future.