diff --git a/src/egs_game.erl b/src/egs_game.erl
index 90f0d0c..5b48b4c 100644
--- a/src/egs_game.erl
+++ b/src/egs_game.erl
@@ -361,12 +361,7 @@ event({hits, Hits}, State) ->
 	events(Hits, State);
 
 event({item_description_request, ItemID}, State) ->
-	Filename = io_lib:format("priv/item_descs/~8.16.0b.txt", [ItemID]),
-	Desc = case filelib:is_regular(Filename) of
-		false -> << << X:8, 0:8 >> || X <- "Always bet on Dammy." >>;
-		true -> {ok, File} = file:read_file(Filename), File
-	end,
-	psu_proto:send_0a11(ItemID, Desc, State);
+	psu_proto:send_0a11(ItemID, egs_items_db:desc(ItemID), State);
 
 %% @todo A and B are unknown.
 %%      Melee uses a format similar to: AAAA--BBCCCC----DDDDDDDDEE----FF with
diff --git a/src/egs_items_db.erl b/src/egs_items_db.erl
index 3a348ce..9a6c497 100644
--- a/src/egs_items_db.erl
+++ b/src/egs_items_db.erl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 -module(egs_items_db).
 -behavior(gen_server).
--export([start_link/0, stop/0, read/1, reload/0]). %% API.
+-export([start_link/0, stop/0, desc/1, read/1, reload/0]). %% API.
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2, terminate/2, code_change/3]). %% gen_server.
 
 %% Use the module name for the server's name.
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ start_link() ->
 stop() ->
 	gen_server:call(?SERVER, stop).
 
+%% @spec desc(ItemID) -> string()
+desc(ItemID) ->
+	gen_server:call(?SERVER, {desc, ItemID}).
+
 %% @spec read(ItemID) -> term() | undefined
 read(ItemID) ->
 	gen_server:call(?SERVER, {read, ItemID}).
@@ -52,6 +56,14 @@ init([]) ->
 	error_logger:info_report("egs_items_db started"),
 	{ok, undefined}.
 
+handle_call({desc, ItemID}, _From, State) ->
+	Filename = io_lib:format("priv/item_descs/~8.16.0b.txt", [ItemID]),
+	Desc = case filelib:is_regular(Filename) of
+		false -> << << X:8, 0:8 >> || X <- "Always bet on Dammy." >>;
+		true -> {ok, File} = file:read_file(Filename), File
+	end,
+	{reply, Desc, State};
+
 handle_call({read, ItemID}, _From, State) ->
 	{reply, proplists:get_value(ItemID, ?ITEMS), State};