‘Got Game’ Gives Queerness x Awkward Flirtation a Power-Up

There’re a few things in life you can depend on. Luckily, Fatimah Asghar writing and directing a banger project is one of them. You may remember her 2017 series Brown Girls hitting the world wide web. Fatimah returns this time with the short film Got Game. If you haven’t seen Got Game yet, you can check it out below then get back to this review. I ain’t trying to spoil any of this beauty for folks. GOT GAME? (Short Film) from HDDN POOL on Vimeo. Ready Player Flirter One? Got Game follows Khudejha Omar’s (Kausar Mohammed) journey in a queer sex party. What makes this short film slap different is as soon as Khudejha appears, the audience gets a video game stat reading of the levels of Khudejha’s feelings broken down into power, defense, and thirst. I already knew there would be a video game element to this project via promos so seeing the character introduced this way had me from jump. You’re immediately given a sense of what’s to come with these video game visual effects (shout out to Asheten Winger). The effects not only provide comedic relief but provide a subtle visual mental health check-in for our lead protagonist.

We notice Khudejha’s levels rise and fall to different effects. It’s noticeable when Khudejha’s name is butchered leading into the conversation around her Pakistani background with the Justin Shanks (Aaron Burleson), and her friend Natasha’s (Aasia Lashay Bullock) wardrobe adjustment to Khudejha’s power shirt outfit and re-telling of her business during her ar…