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BayCon 42 / Westercon 78
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Thank you to all who came and joined our BayCon staff for game day at @gamesofberkeley.bsky.social !♟️🀄️🧩
If you missed out, DON’T PANIC! Our next game day will be June 21st!
for Episode 4 of Science and Star Wars.
Kevin has been a fan since he learned to read, and his hobbies include bartending robots, costuming, and running science fiction conventions; he was Chair of the 76th World Science Fiction Convention in August 2018.
BayCon is Pleased to welcome Kevin Roche ( @urbanjungleboy.bsky.social )
as our Science Guest of Honor! 🔬🧪
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Kevin has been presenting on spintronics to the public since 2002 and Quantum Computing since 2017.
He was a featured expert on magnetic levitation
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
Join BayCon TOMORROW at @gamesofberkeley.bsky.social ! 🧩🀄️♟️
Our wonderful staff will be hosting a gaming day SATURDAY JUNE 6TH and SUNDAY JUNE 21ST , from 11 AM -5 PM , so stop by and play some of the gaming staffs favorites! You won’t want to miss this!
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.
BayCon Masquerade & Variety Show Sign ups are LIVE! 🎉
The BayCon Masquerade & Variety Show are annual fixtures that showcase the amazing talent and costuming expertise of our community and guests!Hosted by the unparalleled Lady Phoenix and cosplay creator and podcaster @spottedgiraffe.bsky.social
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
you can be a part of the entertainment on Saturday night at BayCon/Westercon!
The Masquerade WILL have a cash prize and follows ICG (International Costuming Guidelines).
You can find sign ups for both at baycon.org/schedule
