Episode 929: James Jones – Critiquing Neanderthal Art – Radio Free Nintendo

Whoa, that aurochs? Yeah, kinda meh, if you ask me. You know, most of that cave art — think Montignac-Lascaux — is from the Magdalenian culture. Fancy term for stuff painted by modern humans like 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. Sure, Neanderthals might’ve been scribbling on cave walls too, way before they vanished about 40,000 years ago. But the proof’s patchy. Mostly in Spain, and it’s not like they were drawing buffalos or whatever. They were into handprints, dots, and this ladder-like motif.

Their art? Honestly, not winning any awards.

Anyway, I’m just winging this, so don’t even bother fact-checking — seriously, imagine a dramatic gesture pointing at hypothetical fact-checkers.

Picture this: James the art critic today, not some ancient dude with a brow-ridge wearing a beret. Think Hot Tub Time Machine, but actually funny.

And get this — Jon got his hands on a Switch 2 from—wait for it—bestbuy.com, LLC. Naturally, he’s giving us the scoop on Mario Kart World. Seems like everyone who owns a Switch 2 is getting slammed by red shells nonstop. Imagine Jon, just chillin’, but getting pummeled by shells. Oddly soothing, right?

Oh, and there’s this new Splatoon single-player thing going on.

But somehow, this leads to… other stuff? I swear, this show is a mystery to me too.

So, mental health check! And then we’re back. Guillaume’s all about convincing you to dive into F-Zero GX on the NSO Expansion Pack for Switch 2. I’m not jumping on that bandwagon because, honestly, he’s a bit too into the chaos of it. He’s also been tearing through Valfaris — it’s like, big guns, big enemies, all the rage.

Greg meanwhile checked out the latest Switch 2 patch for Splatoon 3. Has opinions on HDR and that buttery-smooth framerate — they should just call it “super-stable framerate.”

Here we go again, doing Nintendo’s marketing. It’s a talent, what can I say?

Now, yours truly, James, has been dabbling in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time on Switch 2. I’ve dealt with time thieves before: kids, auditors, bosses. But a kid thief? That’s new.

Wait… where was I? Oh right, I’ve barely scratched the surface of the game. By next week, I swear I’ll be deep into it. Unless life throws a curveball. You know how it is.

So, got any cave drawings? Send ’em my way.