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

I’m staring at this aurochs, right? And honestly, it’s a bit, well, disappointing. Not gonna lie. So, let’s chat about cave art — you know, the stuff in Montignac-Lascaux. Most of it’s by Magdalenian folks, our ancient cousins from about 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. They were the OG artists before Pinterest boards were a thing. Now, ya gotta remember Neanderthals were around way before that — like waaay back, 40,000 years ago, and they left some doodles in Spain. But, let’s just say their art wasn’t exactly the Mona Lisa of their time. More like stick figures and handprints. Art for their time, I guess.

What about Neanderthal art? Did they rock the caves? Sort of, but it wasn’t like they were sketching out the next Louvre masterpiece. Mostly shapes and patterns. Just picture art class where you’re stuck drawing a bowl of fruit, but less exciting.

And hey, if I’m wrong, well, fact check it if you dare! Imagine me, wagging my finger at all the fact folks. Not today, friends. Not today. Anyway, envision James, full homo sapien mode — no brow ridges here — and make it a Hot Tub Time Machine style movie, but you know, actually funny.

THIS WEEK: Jon got his hands on a brand new Switch 2 — yep, straight from the lovely fingers of bestbuy.com, LLC. So, what’s new? We all dive deep into Mario Kart World. Shells everywhere — like, seriously, Jon’s practically swimming in red shells, and somewhere, weirdly, it’s soothing. No clue why.

Oh, and a new Splatoon solo thing got a nod too. Somehow, this means we go off-topic. Really, the show makes no sense, but that’s the charm, right?

We took a breather — for the ol’ noggin, but hey, duty calls. Back on track, Guillaume gets all fired up about F-Zero GX on the NSO Expansion for Switch 2. Honestly, I’m hesitant. The game’s a bit too… intense? I mean, Guillaume’s adrenaline must be through the roof. Big guns, big chaos, thanks to Valfaris, a Switch shooter he’s into. Total madness.

Greg, meanwhile, jumps into the new Switch 2 update for Splatoon 3. Talks about that sweet HDR and the framerate. You know, the kind that makes you go, “Why aren’t they hiring me for their adverts?”

Oh, and then there’s me, getting into Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time on Switch 2. Not that I have much to say yet — I’m only at the tutorial part. But time thieves, huh? Kids, accountants — never thought I’d see ‘em in a game, but here we are. More on that next week, hopefully, unless life decides to throw me a curveball.

Grab some chalk and let’s make our own cave art, shall we?