Be useful
Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Both terms in one sentence
- Potential saints make the best sinners, but (as Screwtape complains), virtues like courage and patience aren't naturally on Hell's side and must be perverted before they can be useful.
- These two items make the first dungeon laughably easy, and will continue to be useful throughout the entire game.
Source: Disc One Nuke -
Refining Resources — Virtually every resource in the game either must be refined in order to be useful, or can be refined to make some other resource.
Source: Video Game / The Settlers
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