Gwen, a stay-at-home mom concerned about her estranged, video-game obsessed son, dives into the massive multi-player role-playing game Progeny of the Revolution in the hopes of connecting with him anonymously. In the process, she hires Liu, a young Chinese woman who is working in the black market industry of “gold farming,” to level her up so she can play with him. When Gwen gets more information than she bargained for, and Liu sees an opportunity to raise her station in life, the women become entwined in a dance of hope, resentment, and something resembling friendship.