The first game is pretty rough around the edges but pretty fun.

The sequel is a masterpiece.

Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone from 1997

The best 2D Mario game.

Tetra, Midna, and Ruto

If you’re looking for authenticity then I’d recommend picking up a MiSTer.

I like that it implies that they are all dipshits, even though only five messed up

I use a Weller WES51.

It’s built like a tank and was a full $100 cheaper than the Hakko equivalent.

This somber bit from Tress:

“… every person has a story, Dougs included. The one who died was named Pakson; both he and his sister were Dougs on the Crow’s Song. Pakson was tall and awkward on land— the type of man who seemed to have been born with legs a size too large for his torso. He was bald, despite his relative youth, and his neck kind of merged with his chin— to the point that after meeting him, you’d inexplicably get a hankering for a baguette. He was also unaccountably kind. He was the man who had kept checking on Tress as she clung to the side of the ship. He’d held the rope with several others as Fort pulled her up. He’d always laughed at meals and thanked Fort for the food, no matter how bad it had tasted. He loved music, but couldn’t play, and had always secretly regretted never learning. I wish I’d been in a state of mind to give him lessons. Now he had fallen. We gave his corpse to the spores and sailed onward.”

There are a few good ways to do it and the comments basically cover all the best ones.

Remember that wizrobes drop weapons with gems attached that can be broken apart in Tarrey Town, so if you have a couple weapon slots to spare you can make a few hundred there.

Poe’s can be converted at a rate of 150 to 600 rupees if you buy armor from the bargainer statues and sell it.

The game also gives you way more brightbloom seeds than you will ever need, so you can sell excess of those too for 2 rupees a piece. I kept a floating inventory of ~200 and probably sold over 3000 over the course of the game

I don’t think the economy is that bad, but the game could be a lot better about telling you how it wants you to make money.