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

Absolutely, let’s dive into this chaotic whirlpool of thoughts and randomness, shall we? Buckle up, it might get bumpy.

Listen, cave art. Yeah, that stuff. You know, those drawings scrawled on walls by humans way before TikTok and memes. Mostly, we’re talking about Magdalenian art here, from around 20,000 to 10,000 years ago. Now, let’s get this straight, it’s not like Neanderthals were artless. They were doodling too, mostly in Spain, before they went extinct. But their stuff—think handprints, dots, and ladders—was more abstract. Honestly, it was like they were the hipster art crowd of their time. But as art critics of today might say, it kinda sucked.

I’m not fact-checking any of this because, really, who has time for that? I’m pretty much just winging it here, and imagining fact-checkers looking all flustered chasing after this run-of-the-mill chaos with their little magnifying glasses.

Meanwhile, modern me, not ancient me with a prominent brow and a beret, has been tearing into some gaming good stuff. Enter Jon, with his shiny new Switch 2 straight from bestbuy.com (props to capitalism). Naturally, we’ve been diving into Mario Kart World, and wow, it’s just a tornado of red shells smashing you back to the Stone Age. Picture Jon, just trying to relax, but no—it’s one red shell after another. Oddly soothing, somehow.

Oh, right, new Splatoon single player too. Didn’t see that one coming. This whole gaming scene—it’s a rabbit hole of unexpected surprises.

Anyway, trying to keep our sanity amid this chaos, we pressed pause. But only briefly—we’re reckless like that. Guillaume’s all about F-Zero GX now available on the NSO Expansion. I’m cautious with this path; murder vibes and all. His violent gaming spree includes Valfaris, a game where everything’s over the top—guns, enemies, you name it.

Greg, on the other hand, delved into a Switch 2 patch for Splatoon 3 with HDR and framerate so smooth it should have a cool name. Nintendo? Call me, I’ve got ideas.

Your humble scribe here—yeah that’s me—has been tinkering with Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time on Switch 2. Time thieves are a thing, apparently. Kids do it, auditors, bosses… now a child in a game? Bizarre. I’m just into the tutorial right now, but by next week, I’ll hopefully, maybe, be deep into it. Unless—well, we’ll see.

Cave doodles? Send them my way, let’s marvel at this ancient art!