Gaming World Mourns the Passing of Totalbiscuit
By Zac Cameron ·
After a prolonged battle with bowel cancer, legendary gaming personality John "Totalbiscuit" Bain has passed away.
In a sad moment for the gaming community, John Bain, better known as Totalbiscuit, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. The popular critic and personality was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014, and despite going into remission, the cancer returned and spread to his liver and spine. Earlier this month he announced that he would be retiring from his role as a games critic, citing worsening health problems that related to his condition.
John Peter Bain
— TotalBiscuit. (@Totalbiscuit) May 24, 2018
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While Bain was to pull back from his official role as a critic and sometimes Esports caster, he intended to continue to produce content, in the form of co-op gameplay with his wife, Genna. The popular Co-optional podcast was also set to continue, though the format would be changed to make the work easier for the time being. In a statement posted to the official Totalbiscuit subreddit, Bain outlined what his hopes for the future were content wise.
“When I leave this world I want to leave something my family can use to help them earn. Not only would I be ok with Genna taking over my channels and assets once I'm gone, I'd be delighted if she did. I've been encouraging her for years to create more content for YouTube, hopefully as we make a bunch of fun videos together over the next however-long, that confidence will grow. I fully expect The Co-optional Podcast to go on and I love the thought that once I'm gone, the channels will go on in my absence, hosted by the person who knows me best and has been with me for the better part of my adult life.
If this is all a bit brutally honest... well, it is me. I want you to see where I'm coming from, I always have and I really believe that's what made me an effective and useful critic. It's been a privilege, thank you all for letting me into your life and do something so important as to have an impact on how you spend your hard-earned money. Thankfully YouTube is thriving with great review and critical content now, there's plenty of awesome choices and considering most of my critical content has been reserved for the podcast over the last year, many of you have most likely found the places you can rely on.”