Ninja Gaiden throwback The Messenger is great and makes me feel guilty

On a chilly day in Boston, a crowd had gathered around a handful of demo stations that Sabotage set up for its upcoming action platformer The Messenger. The studio was one of a couple dozen of smaller teams tucked into the Indie Megabooth on the showfloor of the PAX East fan event. While every booth was busy, The Messenger was drawing far more eyes than anything else in the vicinity, and I knew why. It was the same reason that I was going to see it.

The Messenger looks like Ninja Gaiden … the original from the NES, and that’s cool.