{"id":13521,"date":"2024-02-28T10:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/in-a-toxic-online-world-warframe-is-a-refuge-for-my-son-and-millions-of-others\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:37:17","slug":"in-a-toxic-online-world-warframe-is-a-refuge-for-my-son-and-millions-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/in-a-toxic-online-world-warframe-is-a-refuge-for-my-son-and-millions-of-others\/","title":{"rendered":"In a toxic online world, Warframe is a refuge for my son \u2013 and millions of others"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little discussed outside its fanbase, it amassed 75 million registered users who provide a brilliantly welcoming community for neurodivergent gamers<\/p>\n

Six months ago my son Zac started to play a video game I knew very little about \u2013 which, as a games journalist, I found slightly disconcerting. Created by the Canada-based developer Digital Extremes, Warframe is an online sci-fi shooter, originally launched in 2013. Though little discussed outside its fanbase, it is consistently one of the biggest titles on Steam, with 75 million registered users.<\/p>\n

Set in a distant future version of our solar system, riddled with warring alien factions, the player takes part on the side of the Tenno, an ancient warrior race that employs barely sentient cybernetic fighters \u2013 the warframes of the title \u2013 as their primary weapons. Each day, Zac spends hours whizzing between planets, carrying out missions or exploring, all the while fighting enemies including a brutish clone army known as the Grineer, and the diseased, monstrous Infested. It sounds like a dozen other so-called live service games, which run indefinitely online, constantly adding new tasks, locations and items \u2013 the likes of Destiny, The Division and Final Fantasy XIV Online. But Warframe has held my son\u2019s attention, and there\u2019s one key reason for that: a remarkably friendly and welcoming community.<\/p>\n

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\nLittle discussed outside its fanbase, it amassed 75 million registered users who provide a brilliantly welcoming community for neurodivergent gamers
\nSix months ago my son Zac started to play a video game I knew very little about \u2013 which, as a games journalist, I found slightly disconcerting. Created by the Canada-based developer Digital Extremes, Warframe is an online sci-fi shooter, originally launched in 2013. Though little discussed outside its fanbase, it is consistently one of the biggest titles on Steam, with 75 million registered users.
\nSet in a distant future version of our solar system, riddled with warring alien factions, the player takes part on the side of the Tenno, an ancient warrior race that employs barely sentient cybernetic fighters \u2013 the warframes of the title \u2013 as their primary weapons. Each day, Zac spends hours whizzing between planets, carrying out missions or exploring, all the while fighting enemies including a brutish clone army known as the Grineer, and the diseased, monstrous Infested. It sounds like a dozen other so-called live service games, which run indefinitely online, constantly adding new tasks, locations and items \u2013 the likes of Destiny, The Division and Final Fantasy XIV Online. But Warframe has held my son\u2019s attention, and there\u2019s one key reason for that: a remarkably friendly and welcoming community. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Little discussed outside its fanbase, it amassed 75 million registered users who provide a brilliantly welcoming community for neurodivergent gamers Six months ago my son Zac started to play a video game I knew very little about \u2013 which, as a games journalist, I found slightly disconcerting. Created by the Canada-based developer Digital Extremes, Warframe …<\/p>\n

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