(In a world of bland rappers filling up mainstream airwaves with nonsensical rhymes alongside repetitious beats, there is only one Mega Ran. Known to his friends and family as Raheem Jarbo, he first assumed the name of Random but later, to distinguish himself from a world cluttered with others using the same moniker, took on a new name. It’s worked to his benefit, and having over 25 albums, collaborative efforts and mixtapes, they’ve showcased his own workhorse efforts throughout the years. But what separates ‘Ran from the rest is his videogame savvy and skills to be able to incorporate one medium into another. Where does this leave him? Clearly engrossed and engulfed in a subculture, or rather, the sub-genre “nerdcore.” We caught up with Mega Ran while on a European trek somewhere between Versailles and Paris. Mega Ran offered up his favorites, or his Best of 2016, and of course deep at heart, he’s a gamer.)
What up yall! It’s Mega Ran, Teacher. Rapper. Hero. And most importantly..gamer! 2016 has been a show and prove year of sorts for gaming, as a lot of the big titles we’ve been promised for a while have finally come out, and MOST of them delivered (ahem…No Man’s Sky tho).
So with no further delay, here’s Mega Ran’s favorite games of 2016.
I’m in a 3-way tie mode on my last pick because these games all came out while I was on tour, so I’m just playing through them now, and they’re all so much better than their predecessors. So props to all of the dev teams for improving on what we didn’t like in the first games. These games aren’t perfect… Mafia’s controls are wonky, FF15’s incessant side-questing is annoying and Watch Dogs 2’s dumb AI will confound you, but they’re all worth a play.
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