出版物

塞尼特结合传统出版与新媒体的力量,策划、引进游戏-人文方向图书。除了传统出版物之外,我们也会尝试做一系列实验性出版。

Senet introduces, translates, and publishes books under the theme of game-humanities, exploiting the power of traditional as well as new media to cultivate game culture. Alongside traditional publications, Senet also publishes experimental zines.

工作坊

我们联合落日间、地扪书院等机构,推出游戏-人文类线下工作坊,连接优秀的游戏设计师、人文思想者,学生,深入游戏与人文领域的交流。

Senet organizes game-humanities workshops, cooperating with Sunset Sway, Dimen ecomuseum and other institutions and influencers cross various fileds. Such moves aim to connect game designers, think-tanks, students, lecturers and people from various backgrounds to explore the possibilities of combining game and humanities.

落日间

落日间过去数年间,一直在游戏理论,游戏设计,译介,跨界对话和实验创作方面持续工作探索。为国内的游戏设计师、思考者、玩家提供了深入思考游戏的视野。塞尼特联合落日间一起,既先锋又保守地探索一种可能的游戏人文学。

Sunset Sway is one of the most influential media lab reflecting on the ontology of game. Its endeavor and contribution to game studies in China have been approved to be crucial. The host of Sunset Sway, Zitao Ye, is the co-founder of Senet. Together, we’re exploring a new way of education in humanities and game studies.

假如我们尝试从艺术史的角度去理解这个世界,那么毫无疑问,二十一世纪是游戏的世纪。媒体把电影叫做“第七艺术”,也给电子游戏加冕为“第九艺术”。然而只要你留意人类的历史,亦或是身边小猫小狗甚至是小孩子的日常行为,你不难发现,游戏,这门最古老的艺术,或许是“第零艺术”,我们从“玩耍”中学习生存、语言等诸多技能,游戏——玩,是一切高等智慧的发端。

宗教、迷信、教育、经济、统治,这其中涉及到的运气、博弈、资源分配、控制论……都与当代游戏息息相关,塞尼特「Senet」作为古埃及最古老的版图游戏,陪着法老们一同下葬,希望塞尼特能将他们引向太阳神的世界。附着在它上面的泥土与难以辨认的棋盘,都在提醒着我们游戏古老的历史,同时也是人类的精神史和社会史。

If we attempt to understand the world from the perspective of art history, there is no doubt that the 21st century is the century of games. Critics used to crown the art of film as “The Seventh Art”, then video game is appreciated to be “The Ninth art.” However, if one looks through human history and pays attention to the daily behaviors of cats, dogs, and even children, it is not difficult to find that game – the oldest art form – could be “The Zeroth Art.” Intelligence is originated from playing, and we are learning various survival skills and language just through playing.

Senet, as the oldest board game of ancient Egypt, was buried with the pharaohs, hoping that Senet would guide them to the God of Sun, Re-Horakhty. The dirt and the barely recognizable wooden chessboard remind us of the ancient history of games, which is also the spiritual history of humanity.