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

The Geography is both a video game and a ~vibe~ generator

Streetwise newsletter unpacks our weird obsession with a Wichita tourism ad

Letter from the Editor: Lay-ups and pay-ups

Hands-on attention in an Airbnb is the focus of horror film Superhost

Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is the re-imagining that the horror icon deserves

Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary shambles back from the dead to remind us of what gaming’s growing pains looked like

Sometimes bad is good and sometimes bad is bad. Profound!

Not Tonight 2 gamifies a broken America with a bouncer management sim

Analog Love documentary explores mixtapes as a format of love and singular experience

90.9 The Bridge celebrates 20 year anniversary with concert, documentary

Calvin Arsenia, Katy Guillen, Sam Wells and more bring 2001 hits covers to 2021 in PLAYBACK

Foo Fighters—with support from local heroes Radkey—burned Azura to the ground; melted faces

Letter from the Editor: Michael Coggins’ Banner Year Party allowed us to reclaim what we lost

New food truck alert: Danny’s Burger Shack

Monster Closets: Prison of Ice gave PCs an Indiana Jones vs. Cthulhu adventure on the high seas

Letter from the Editor: Cause & Effects

Superdeep is Russia’s film adaptation of all our favorite video games

Loki is the MCU show that finally nails it outta the gate

"Nothing matters! Nothing has any consequence!"

Letter from the Editor: A toast untoasted, a couple unroasted

The Pitch looks back at the top stories from May 2021

From mask mandates to smash rooms, this was last month's biggest articles.

George Romero’s lost film The Amusement Park is a rollercoaster 50 years in the making

"Remember as you watch the film: One day, you will be old."

Irish horror debut Caveat is an unending panic attack (in the best way)

Spiral is the Saw sequel where Jigsaw forwards a #DismantleThePolice agenda

The Chris Rock spin-off could have been anything it wanted. It's just another Saw, but with a few more (mostly) intentional laughs.

Some idiot DUI’d Char Bar’s front door. Do you know them? Tell them they suck.

Letter from the Editor: Possums didn’t come here to make friends

Mortal Kombat (2021) brings fatalism and fatalities in equal measure

Boys from County Hell is an Irish vampire plague based in roots and friendship rot

"If I'd just been dead and trapped that long, I'd just want to drink as well."

Panic Fest 2021: My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To hits all the oddest beats

Panic Fest 2021: Blood Conscious blends race issues, slasher horror, and American delusion

"Are you humans or are you demons?"

Panic Fest 2021: Benny Loves You features a Tickle-Me-Hellmo toying with his prey

Panic Fest 2021: Honeydew brings body horror to its knees

Loud Light Kansas political recap: our drunk senator, budget problems, and guns

Cozy Grove is the calming presence of ghost-bears that you need in your life

Letter from the Editor: Rumspringa Break

KC Top 5 podcast debates the best use of $20 in the metro

Loud Light Kansas political recap: taxes breaks, voter suppression, and criminalizing protests

Happily is a horror romp about your friends whose marriage is a little too perfect

Godzilla vs. Kong is dumb as hell, and that doesn’t matter

Loud Light Kansas political recap: voter suppression and vaccinations

Nobody is Joe Everyman revenge on a John Wick scale