Brock Wilbur

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Brock Wilbur is a writer/comedian who is married to political journalist Vivian Kane and cohabitates with three terrible cats. He works in games, podcasts, and is Editor-in-Chief of Kansas City’s The Pitch. Buy his book “Postal” from Boss Fight Books wherever books are sold.

Articles

Documentary Vinyl Nation celebrates the joys of musical inconvenience

"This is some Zork shit. There's a diamond that's bumping between this canyon."

Molière’s The Imaginary Cuckold reimagined at Melting Pot as a reality TV show with an all-Black cast

Secrets and Lies scripts social media cheating but built on a 1660 play.

Monster Closets: 1992’s Alone in the Dark pioneered 3D survival horror in low-polygonal glory

Streetwise newsletter: Kansas City Actors Theatre’s The Price stages unfortunately timely issues

Letter from the Editor: The complicated calculus of meat math

Streetwise podcast has non-evil stormtroopers and cosplay goddess Briana Lawrence

Fridays are for geeking out over caring about others. At least this Friday is. Next week we'll get back to righteous anger.

Streetwise newsletter: 25 years of getting fitter, happier, and more productive with OK Computer

Celebrating an iconic album about being totally alone with technology, your thoughts, and crushing anxiety. A good time all around!

The Bob’s Burger’s Movie is a great intro for new fans, and a pleasant time for everyone else

Premiere: Boxknife unveil queer dark-pop banger track “The Tower”

Makes us wish there was a Donnie Darko sequel worthy of this synth shout-sincerity.

Cult escape drama The Aviary gets as lost as its characters

The Old Man and The Old Moon is better than any of us deserve

Letter from the Editor: Love, loss, and Pot Roast

Streetwise newsletter: Adventures in 900 numbers with grandpa

Pete the Cat is a testament to the power of Coterie’s talent pool

Two performances remain of The White Theatre’s Surviving Hitler

Black Pumas headline KC’s first-annual Innovation Festival in August

Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis talks new album, tour, and biomedical lab work

Monster Closets: Spelunker brought borderline nonsensical difficulty to a Nintendo cave story

Composer Olivier Derivière on reanimating the sound of Dying Light 2: Stay Human

Letter From the Editor: Southland Tales is a trip in its own right

What does new docuseries Real PD: Kansas City hope to accomplish?

"Safety First, Courtesy Always."

Cursive’s Tim Kasher shares his love of Lifetime movies and staying hydrated

We all know art is hard.

Letter From the Editor: Chaos goblins of change

Streetwise podcast considers all things with Laura Lorson

Zweihänder and Blackbirds are the dark engines driving future legends

Documentary Rise of the Players captures the villagers storming the castle of GameStop

"It's hard to buy things that everyone hates, and it's hard to sell things that everyone loves."

Letter From the Editor: Making up for paper

Downtown Council of KC launches strategic plan to revitalize businesses by 2030

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a single shot comedy that warps time itself

Our Black Death isn’t your run-of-the-mill queer Dark Ages pandemic rom-com

The Last Thing Mary Saw pits forbidden love against religious fury

"They long for each other's touch, in bright sunlight!"

Kansas City Film Critics Circle names Loutzenhiser award-winners for 2022

KCFCC selects The Power of the Dog as the year's best film.

Streetwise podcast brings down the house with Susan Kander and Warren Ashworth

Unpacking is a meditative indie game about one of life’s most frustrating activities

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a mix of cutscenes and cut scenes

This convoluted, inside-baseball extravaganza makes its characters S.T.A.R.S. in someone else's show.

Letter from the Editor: Going through it, and into a New Year