Hi, I am Zak. Moviemaker since 2003 in gaming. I make gaming videos, mostly on The Long Dark.

If you have questions about The Long Dark or another game, please use Discord. You can message me or ask my wonderful community. I do not answer questions sent to my email, unless they are business enquiries.

If you wish to send me something, you can use the following business address:
Zaknafein TV
Postboks 103 Rådal
5857 Bergen
NORWAY

Second channel has Twitch streams, old videos and non-TLD/Survivor content:
youtube.com/channel/UCar2xFDskpIvz5xp7GOX98w


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Check out this video by ‪@koruandthistle‬ on common ways to die in The Long Dark. How does your run usually end? For me, its hubris.
https://youtu.be/WT7xP_xyW_k?si=iy2Y9...

1 day ago | [YT] | 29

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Halloween special out tomorrow :)

3 days ago | [YT] | 324

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What series is currently your favourite to watch/follow?

1 week ago | [YT] | 89

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Hi everyone
OuterMisery 2 will be out later this week, probably the weekend. After that, I hope to make a Halloween special out before the 31st.

However, after that, it is likely content will slow down again, similar to how it was with the long Interloper video. This is because I want to get started on my Wintermute playthrough/walkthrough in preparation for Episode 5, and naturally these should be released in parts corresponding to their episodes... so 4 videos in total (plus Ep5). So if content slows down again, you know why :)

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 253

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This little video by ‪@mayasaurus‬​ was funny and well edited!
youtube.com/shorts/jABDj0QX59...

(I think we all hunt wolves for poetic justice hehe)

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 36

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Question: Has anyone ever experienced starting a TLD run and have the character frozen? As in, the game is running but you just stand there and no buttons work?

I wanted to make a video of an old version and after a dozen attempts across three different time capsules, the same error always happens. Hinterland offered to help, but they need session logs and for some weird reason the file isnt stored.

Anyone ever come across this?
Looks like this:
https://youtu.be/pIeuU61hWDw?si=2FOfi...

Whats weird is that I did this a month ago and it worked fine.

UPDATE: Found a workaround

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 39

Zaknafein

For those of you interested in CSGO and/or editing, my friend Anthony has spent the last few years making a movie about Astralis and it is finally about to be done. Check out his trailer here:
https://youtu.be/1nOqyeEeF8k?si=-bdUz...

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 22

Zaknafein

In the last episode of Road to 500 Days, we revisited the Campfire Bear cave. If you don't remember where this came from, remember this little highlight reel of silly things that happened in 2023, with Campfire Bear featured at the end :)
https://youtu.be/JEorXe9qUJQ

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 100

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Surprise! The interloper walkthrough is now OUT!

I was going to release it on Saturday, as research suggests that waiting 24-48 hours after uploading optimizes the videos promotion to the algorhitm. But its been 45 hours and this way excited viewers can begin the viewing now on Friday evening, rather than waiting an extra day just because of silly algorhitm stuff. So here it is. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/Im-xyCOvq60

1 month ago | [YT] | 140

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12 hours recording
3 hours editing
7 hours rendering
16 hours uploading
5 hours of copyright checks
and it is finally done and uploaded to YouTube!

You never know, I may have made a mistake somewhere in the 12 hour video, so need to do some sample checks still. But barring any unforeseen issues, the video is ready for release. As of now, all Patreon members have access to it, and I plan to release it on Saturday.
I am using Title and Thumbnail testing on YouTube, so you might see various titles and thumbnails. That's just the old algo seeing what works best. Attached are the three testing thumbnails. After a week or so of testing, the system (or me) will pick one.

Stay tuned!

1 month ago | [YT] | 433