aspro said:

robio said:

...when I went to scratch off the download code, it took me about 5 minutes to find a coin in this house. Gone are the days when I can just open up a junk drawer or stick my hand in the couch to find a penny or quarter or whatever. Money is a changing.

You sound Andy Rooney.

You ever notice how you can never find a penny when you actually need one? I mean, I’ve got a drawer full of rubber bands, expired coupons, and at least three mystery keys that don’t open anything—but not a single penny. Not one.

I remember a time when pennies were everywhere. You’d find them in couch cushions, under the car seat, even stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Now? It’s like they’ve gone into hiding. I think they’re unionizing or something.

And don’t get me started on those little coin trays at the store—“Take a penny, leave a penny.” I always leave one, never take one. Now I need one, and suddenly it’s like I’m trying to find a Fabergé egg.

Ravenprose said:

I seem to have pennies everywhere. In my pocket, on my dresser, in the kitchen, the car, in my desk at work. I can't get rid of them. My sister once asked for $20. I didn't have any bills so I offered her a big bin of pennies. She took them to the coin exchange machine at Walmart.

We got rid of the penny here in Canada years ago.

Theres an interesting story on Xenoblade creators new structure and development tools

In a recent interview with CGWorld, Monolith Soft's game developers and R&D engineers talked about efforts the studio is making to adapt to the needs of large-scale game development. The devs also shared some insights into how Monolith Soft's hierarchy works, with an emphasis on a "bottom-up" form of leadership as opposed to "top-down" hierarchy.

Due to the growing man-hours and resources involved in game development, Monolith Soft is working on introducing new technology – namely procedural terrain creation and automatic asset placement using Houdini– to streamline the more menial and time-consuming aspects of development. By doing this, the studio aims to free up time and resources to invest in refining gameplay and more creative aspects of game development.

Monolith Soft's R&D department is fairly new, and not many of its developers are versed in the new technology yet. However, according to Xenoblade Chronicles 3 lead map designer Yoichi Akizuki, implementation of new systems is progressing very smoothly from the R&D side to the development frontline thanks to the company's culture of borderless communication. "I don't feel any organizational borders, to the point that I sometimes forget that Hirose (R&D technical artist Mitsuhiro Hirose) isn't part of the game development side. (laughs) We're constantly in touch because we're all working toward the same goal – making the game better."

automaton-media.com

Monolith Soft’s leadership emphasizes autonomy of its development teams in “bottom-up” management style, according to devs - AUTOMATON WEST

Monolith Soft game developers and R&D engineers talk about the company's borderless communication culture and bottom-up leadership style.

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