Dr Costantino Oliva

Dr Costantino Oliva

Dr Costantino Oliva

 M.A.,M.Sc.,Ph.D.

Lecturer

20 Triq l-Esperanto
University of Malta
Msida
  +356 2340 3504
Costantino Oliva is a Lecturer and course coordinator at the Institute of Digital Games. His doctorate focuses on musical participation in digital games. He also holds an M.Sc. in Media Technology and Games awarded by the IT University of Copenhagen and an M.A. in Communication awarded by the Università Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples.

His research focuses on digital games, applying the topic a diverse range of disciplines including music and sounds studies, soundscape research, and media studies. He also participated in various game development projects funded by international institutions (including the Danske Filmskole, the Malta Arts Fund, and the University of Antwerp).
  • Game Studies
  • Game Design
  • Game Sound
  • Musicology
  • Soundscape Studies
  • Media Studies

OLIVA, C., 2020. Identifying Musical Situations in Digital Games, Ludomusicology Conference 2020.

OLIVA, C., 2019. The Musicking of Electroplankton, Replaying Japan Conference 2019.

OLIVA, C., 2019. Musicking with Digital Games, University of Malta.

OLIVA, C., 2019. Taiko no Tatsujin: Musical Literacy in the Media Mix, Proceedings of the 2019 DiGRA International Conference: Game, Play and the Emerging Ludo-Mix 2019.

OLIVA, C., 2017. On the Ontological Status of Musical Actions in Digital Games, 2017.

OLIVA, C., 2016. Toshio Iwai: Digital Games as Musical Realizations, 2016.

OLIVA, C. and CALLEJA, G., 2009. Fake Rules, Real Fiction: Professional Wrestling and Videogames, 2009.

  • IDG3000 - Game Design and Conceptualisation
  • IDG5201 - Formal Properties of Games
  • IDG5202 - Analysing Player Experience
  • IDG5304 - Foundations of Game Studies
  • MCS1000 - Aspects of Communications
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