Mark O'ConnellTotal War - website guru and aspiring ninja.
Mark works as Online Marketing Manager at The Creative Assembly, running the Total War and company websites. When he isn’t playing the latest game releases, Mark spends his time continuing his mission to watch every film in existence (twice).Hailing from Southampton, Mark has a degree in traditional 2D animation, an unlimited cinema pass and an inexplicable fondness for Jaffa cakes. He was bitten by the travel bug after spending a year living in Los Angeles, and places on his must-visit list currently include Hawaii, Egypt, Japan, Australia and Loch Ness - because Nessie is still out there. Since joining CA in September 2006, Mark has absorbed himself in all things Total War in a cunning attempt to improve his win/loss record in Medieval II's multiplayer mode. When he isn't reporting on the latest Total War news or cooking up new features for the websites, Mark likes to get CA's BAFTA out of the display cabinet and practise his Oscar-worthy acceptance speech. Biggest achievement to date; "Seeing five films in a row at the cinema, or possibly the time I received a funny audio message from Hulk Hogan!" | ||
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Monday Oct 22, 2007
Calendar Competition - October 07October has clearly captured your collective imaginations, resulting in a plethora of hand drawn images and Halloween-themed spookiness. We had so many calendar entries this month that I considered inventing a new month just to fit them all in! While Halloween is one of the better-known events in October, let us not forget the other […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in Community Post on 4:04:28PM Oct 22, 2007 |
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Friday Sep 21, 2007
Calendar Competition - September 07September has 9 letters in it and is also the 9th month of the year. Coincidence? I think not. The plot thickens further when you consider that septem means seven in Latin and was actually the seventh month of the Roman calendar up until 153 BC. When the British Empire finally adopted the current Gregorian […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in Community Post on 4:43:16PM Sep 21, 2007 |
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Tuesday Aug 07, 2007
Kingdoms Battle Map BalanceAs outlined in the recent blog by Jason, there has been some significant re-balancing of unit stats for Kingdoms, the expansion pack for Medieval II. I am Jack Lusted, now a Games Tester at The Creative Assembly UK, but when I helped Jason by contributing to the balancing of Kingdoms I was a modder from […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in Guides on 5:26:30PM Aug 07, 2007 |
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Thursday Aug 02, 2007
Calendar Competition - August 07Originally called Sextilis in Latin, the month of August was renamed in honour of Augustus in 8 BC. It’s great to see you have been getting your creative juices flowing this month, as we received an unprecedented amount of drawings and paintings. It is getting increasingly hard to pick a winner - which is testament […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in Community Post on 12:23:35PM Aug 02, 2007 |
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Friday Jul 27, 2007
Balancing the Battles of Medieval II: Kingdoms - The ProcessWhen balancing the battles in Medieval II there are many factors to
Posted by Mark in CA Updates on 4:03:11PM Jul 27, 2007 |
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Tuesday Jul 24, 2007
Teutonic Wars Designer Diary: Part 2Hi, my name is Brendan Rogers, AKA ‘Caliban’ to the Total War
Posted by Mark in CA Updates on 3:21:16PM Jul 24, 2007 |
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Wednesday Jul 18, 2007
Teutonic Wars Designer DiaryHi, my name is Brendan Rogers, AKA ‘Caliban’ to the Total War community. I do various jobs here at CA such as artwork, design and also modding support for the community. In this diary I’m going to talk a bit about the different ideas, features and history of the Teutonic Wars campaign, one of the […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in CA Updates on 5:40:31PM Jul 18, 2007 |
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Friday Jun 08, 2007
Calendar Competition - June 07Named after the Roman goddess Juno, and hopefully marking the beginning
Posted by Mark in Community Post on 5:04:30PM Jun 08, 2007 |
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Wednesday May 09, 2007
Medieval II - Russian Dance VideoHi guys,
Posted by Mark in CA Updates on 4:40:00PM May 09, 2007 |
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Thursday May 03, 2007
Kingdoms - “For the fans, by the fans”Medieval II had gone Gold and work began in earnest to have the first update ready. However, it wasn’t long before our thoughts turned to the expansion pack. Notebooks accompanied us everywhere we went and on many a late night, the complaints of our better halves would go something like: “When are you going to […] [Read More]
Posted by Mark in CA Updates on 2:00:02PM May 03, 2007 |
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Mark works as Online Marketing Manager at The Creative Assembly, running the Total War and company websites. When he isn’t playing the latest game releases, Mark spends his time continuing his mission to watch every film in existence (twice).

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