The Old Blood made a piece of plumbing the most deadly of Wolfenstein’s weapons

BJ Blazkowicz is officially more of a plumber now than Mario.

The recently released The Old Blood story expansion to MachineGames’ surprisingly fantastic reboot of the Wolfenstein first-person shooter franchise takes a decidedly more mystical approach than the main release. Which makes it odd that the most prominent new addition to Nazi-killer supreme BJ Blazkowicz’s is a common pipe. But simplicity can often make for the most satisfying brutality, and in Blazkowicz’s hands, this length of lead not only provides a plethora of Reich-bludgeoning options, but opens up the environment as well. I recently spoke with Old Blood senior game designer Arcade Berg about where the idea of this hyper-useful piece of plumbing equipment came from, and whether or not we can expect to keep it in any future Nazi killings.