The Complete Catalog

The boys talk about the flipside of the Game Boy Color Zelda coin, Oracle of Ages, and how its puzzle focus causes another dividing line in Tristan and Isaac's respective rankings. Austin Clark also guests again to follow up his thoughts on both 2001 Zelda games and how he prefers Ages to Seasons!

Oracle of Seasons was Tristan's first Zelda game, so maybe nostalgia is at the core of his positive feelings for it. Still, he and Isaac talk about the feeling that the 2001 game isn't quite in step with the rest of the series, even though it has all of the components you can expect from The Legend of Zelda. Guest Austin Clark returns to the show to echo this sentiment, and provide some other insi...

Majora's Mask is Tristan's favorite game of all time. Ocarina of Time is Isaac's. The guys finally do what the show is about (butt heads) on the best Zelda game so far, although both agree that the 2000 entry is so, so good. Friend of the show Madeleine Clermont also joins the episode to give her insight into Majora's Mask, including how its strange vibes are so unique.

The boys start their episode on one of the most important and greatest Zeldas (and games in general) talking about the most insignificant and worst: the Philips CD-i installments. But then they get onto the 1998 classic Ocarina of Time, ranging far and wide in their conversation about Isaac's favorite game in the series. And stick through this mega-sized episode to hear the talk with Corey Sotelo,...

Link's Awakening sparks some philosophical conversation between Tristan and Isaac, as the 1993 game's weirdness permeates all kinds of tangents. It's like this is the Twin Peaks of Zelda! Some old memories are also brought up by friend of the show Dan Vandervort as he and Tristan reminisce about playing Link's Awakening in his garage, using download play for Phantom Hourglass, and why the 3DS was...

The Zelda journey comes to a formative installment with a legacy that looms large (that's going to happen a few times). Tristan and Isaac gush about A Link to the Past, which is about as fresh today as it was in 1991. Perfect Hat Games' Seth S. Scott also stops by to share his game designer, artist, and musician perspective on the greatness of the game, one of his personal favorites in the Zelda s...

The boys continue their journey of ranking the Legend of Zelda series with Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Tristan tries to defend it and Isaac...well, they both have problems with it. IGN's Seth Macy guests on this episode to talk about how this 1987 NES game was his first Zelda, what he sees as admirable changes for the sequel, and his defense whenever Zelda II slander arises!

The first episode of the first season of Butt Heads kicks off Tristan Ettleman and Isaac Ili's ranking of all 19 mainline Zelda games! The boys talk 1986's The Legend of Zelda, the game that started it all, and how it's still incredible more than 35 years later. This episode's guest, Austin Clark, also stops by to give his insight gleaned from the game's original NES instruction manual and share h...

Butt Heads is the only podcast on the internet where these two dudes talk about media. Season 1 airing January 5! Hosts Tristan Ettleman and Isaac Ili explore the Legend of Zelda series and rank each of the 19 games, butting heads as they go.