I t’s been 50 years since John Schlesinger’s film The Day of the Locust, based on the novel by Nathanael West, predicted “the Burning of Los Angeles.” That was the title o ...

Angsty boys were keen on a bit of Sartre or Camus but because I was such a fan of the Golden Age of Hollywood even in my teens, mine was “The Day Of The Locust.” That’s a 1939 novel by Nathanael West.

A playable Locust campaign in Gears of War: E-Day could deepen the series' narrative and add emotional weight. The campaign could make the Locust Horde more relatable by showing their motivations ...