06/02/2026
BayCon is pleased to welcome Desmond Crisis as our latest and final Guest of Honor!
Once called “…The cult leader of the cyberpunks” Desmond Crisis first emerged as a console game developer, local underground DJ, technology enthusiast and early BayCon attendee. His unique career places him at the epicenter of techno-social change, and spans all forms of media, from SEGA to the Sci-Fi Channel. In 1993, Desmond and other like-minded “new early adopters” founded the Otaku Patrol Group. This group of friends exploited early nineties beta tech access, blurring the line between urban reality and science-fiction.
Desmond Crisis has also appeared on the pages of The Cyberpunk Handbook and in the wildly prescient 1994 techno-documentary, Synthetic Pleasures. His daily radio talk show, The Desmond Crisis Program, gathered the voices of both innovators and enthusiasts, quickly establishing the show’s reputation as “BS detector” in the flood of technology news. Desmond continues to DJ online, specializing in retrowave, cyberpunk, and gothic-Industrial styles. He’s active in amateur radio, retro video gaming events, public mesh networks, FPV drones, 3-D printing and tech-making.
