Tender Loving Care (video game)
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Directed by | David Wheeler |
Produced by | Rob Landeros (also designer) |
Written by | David Wheeler |
Starring | Michael Esposito Beth Tegarden John Hurt Marie Caldare |
Music by | John Welsman |
Cinematography | Calvin Kennedy |
Edited by | Marie Walling Thompson |
Distributed by | Aftermath Media |
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117 minutes |
Language | English |
Tender Loving Care is an interactive movie originally released in 1998 by Aftermath Media.[1] It is a psychological thriller starring Michael Esposito, Beth Tegarden, and John Hurt as Dr. Turner.[2] It was written and directed by David Wheeler and produced by Rob Landeros, who also designed the interactive features.[3] The game was originally produced with the intention of releasing the game under the Trilobyte label, but Landeros was fired from the company before it was released.[4] Tender Loving Care was later released under Landeros's new company, Aftermath Media, on CD-ROM, with the option for users to watch the movie as a feature-length film as opposed to interacting with the game.[5] In October 2012 the game was re-released under the Trilobyte Games label on the Apple iOS platform.[6] the game is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Andrew Neiderman [7]
Plot
Michael Overton (Michael Esposito) and his wife Allison (Marie Caldare) are a couple who have been traumatized by the death of their daughter in a car accident. Allison has been especially affected, as she has been unable to even acknowledge that her daughter has died. She lives in a trance-like state and is unable to perform normal adult functions. Dr. Turner (John Hurt) recommends the Overtons hire a live-in nurse to assist with Allison's psychological healing. They hire a nurse recommended by Dr. Turner, Katherine Randolph (Beth Tegarden), whose unorthodox methods cause tensions to arise in the Overton home.
Interactivity
The movie is divided into a number of story episodes, between which the user interacts with the story in various ways.[8] After viewing a story episode, users are asked a series of questions by Dr. Turner to test their perception of what they have seen. Users are then allowed to navigate through a graphic reconstruction of the Overton house, where they may gather additional details of the story. Before returning to the movie or Apple device, users must take a short Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), which profiles the user's psyche. The movie includes alternate scenes and multiple endings which can be influenced by the user's involvement.[9]
Reception
In his book All Your Base Are Belong to Us, Harold Goldberg criticized Tender Loving Care as being the "wrong direction to take" with Trilobyte.[4]
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- ↑ review of Tender Loving Care, at Allgame.