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The History of Minecraft – Told in Version Numbers

The History of Minecraft – Told in Version Numbers

If you’ve read Rocky Bytes before, you know we have a thing for Minecraft. We’ve gone over mods, creations and even famous players. But now, we’re going to look at something different, something much more important. We’re going to look back to the beginning of Minecraft and see ...

The Best Shooting Games (FPS) around the world

The Best Shooting Games (FPS) around the world

First Person Shooters, FPSs, are some of the fastest selling games around the world. Every release of Call of Duty sees millions of gamers frantically rush to buy the latest iteration with almost maniacal fervor. Even here, on Rocky Bytes, First Person Shooters are some of the most sought after ...

Best Statistical Software: R vs SAS vs SPSS vs PSPP vs SAGE

Best Statistical Software: R vs SAS vs SPSS vs PSPP vs SAGE

From BI specialists drawing complicated formulae to best give their clients up to date aggregated data to make sure they can take the right actions at the right time, to marketing consultants and even government analysts, these professionals all depend on their Statistical Software to take the brunt of ...

The language of Minecraft: Famous quotes and jargon

The language of Minecraft: Famous quotes and jargon

Every game out there, especially multiplayer ones, has its own set of jargon that is only recognizable to players. To everyone else the words are meaningless or at sound wrong without the proper context. In addition to that, there are plenty of famous quotes by famous players and developers that players ...

Psiphon fixes mobile data-plan bug and prove they play by the rules!

Psiphon fixes mobile data-plan bug and prove they play by the rules!

Psiphon is one of the best internet censorship circumvention tools in the world and here at Rocky Bytes, we’ve spoken at length about its history helping people around the world get through unjust censorship and outright blockage of internet services by less than agreeable governments. Censorship ...

FIFA 12 vs PES 14: The best and most popular Soccer Game

FIFA 12 vs PES 14: The best and most popular Soccer Game

I love soccer and I have very fond memories of playing the game in my childhood. As I’ve grown older, I’ve gone from playing the game on a court to playing it on my couch, and while I just play the game and enjoy it, some of the more hardcore soccer gamers out there are locked in a constant ...

The new and improved Mobogenie 2.0 for Android

The new and improved Mobogenie 2.0 for Android

Mobogenie, which we covered in a previous article: Is Mobogenie safe?, is a custom application store and management service for Android devices. Its only flaw, as we explained in the aforementioned article, is the amount of ads you have to deal with while using it. While I personally am allergic to ads, ...

Surgeon Simulator: The funny surgery game

Surgeon Simulator: The funny surgery game

Doctor, nurse and any other of medicine-oriented games exist in the world, and most of them take a very serious, almost austere approach to this profession (or calling depending on whom you ask) and only give you a glimpse of what it’s like to be one of the men and women responsible for keeping us ...

Top 5 most popular Driving Games (racing and car games included)

Top 5 most popular Driving Games (racing and car games included)

Who doesn’t like a good racing game? To hear the roar of the engine and taking the first place with skilled driving (and some dirty playing). From the very first of its kind to the latest generations, driving games give us a glimpse of the adrenaline from racing on a circuit or the streets.

Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

So, you’ve managed to download Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (hopefully right here, on Rocky Bytes), and you’ve installed it on your computer. You’re ready to go, but what should you do? To help you with that, here are some of the best things to do after finishing your Ubuntu installation.