We Want Your Web: a short story

Somehow spending all his time playing the video game Placenta Hounds angered Tucker's father to the point of hiring a virtual assassin to kill Tucker's character in the hopes of a real-time reunion. But could such a desperate measure bring the distanced family members back together? Was Tucker actually entranced by some hidden political content in the RPG's plot? And what happens when the post-apocalyptic gaming becomes reality due to an electrical grid on the brink of failure?