If you say “Ocarina” to most gamers, chances are good that they will imagine a small boy in a green tunic long before they consider the actual musical instrument. The same could be said of pedophiles, but let’s just focus on gamers for the moment.
The St. Louis Ocarina Store owes a lot to the reveredLegend of Zeldatitle,Ocarina of Time. When the store opened in 2005, it quickly learned thatZeldafans and Ocarina enthusiasts crossed paths quite considerably, and now hasan entire Web pagededicated toZelda-themed instruments. In order to thankOoTfor everything it has done, the store hasannounced its celebrationof the game’s tenth anniversary.
“We have had an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response fromZeldafans and video game enthusiasts,” explains St. Louis School of Music director Dr. Dennis Yeh. “OurZeldaitems quickly became bestsellers – and we are happy to be celebrating the game’s tenth anniversary in our store this month.”
Isn’t that lovely? It’s nice to see educators paying due respect to videogames, rather than besmirching them at every opportunity.
In other news, Al Qaeda has issued a press release thanking Infinity Ward for all they’ve done to raise its profile over the past year.
