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

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Okay, let’s talk about aurochs, right? Like those ancient cows in cave art. I gotta say, some of those paintings are, kind of meh, honestly. Most of the stuff you see around Montignac-Lascaux, it’s from the Magdalenian culture. So, yeah, that’s modern humans back 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. But hey, don’t discount Neanderthals. They doodled on caves ages ago, say around 40,000 years back. You see those in Spain. Handprints, dots… a funky ladder thing too. Not much of the animal stuff though. Probably way older, so naturally, they don’t hold up as well.

And if I’m talking nonsense, blame my refusal to fact-check this, except spelling “Magdalenian” and “Montignac-Lascaux.” Imagine me pointing at the fact checkers, daring them to do their thing.

Anyway, modern James is here, not some caveman with a brow ridge and a floppy hat. Think Hot Tub Time Machine—actually funny this time.

This week, Jon’s all jazzed about his new Switch 2 from bestbuy.com, LLC. He’s hype to chat about Mario Kart World. Imagine this: him in his living room, getting pelted by red shells. Over and over. It’s hilariously absurd—kinda calming in a weird way.

Oh, and a new Splatoon single player announcement too.

Don’t even ask how we got to whatever mess we ended up with. This show’s a constant mystery to me.

We took a breather for sanity, but yeah, back at it. Guillaume’s out here trying to convince us to play F-Zero GX on the new Switch NSO thing. Whoa, dude, your energy is intense. He’s also going wild in Valfaris—a game full of big guns, big enemies, you get it.

Greg checks out the Switch 2 update for Splatoon 3—got opinions on HDR and this uber-stable framerate. “Super-stable.” They didn’t call it that, but seriously, Nintendo, you owe me for my marketing genius.

Oh, and here’s me, James, your friendly voice of… something. I’ve started Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time on Switch 2. Man, time thieves, right? Kids, auditors, managers. But a kid time thief? That’s a new one.

Wait, where was I? Oh yeah, just kicking off that game, so more thoughts next week unless—well, you know how it goes.

Throw your Paleolithic masterpieces in the ring, folks.