Popular British gaming critic 'TotalBiscuit' dies at 33

[Shawn Knight]

Renowned gaming critic John Bain, better known by the alias TotalBiscuit, died on Thursday following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 33.

His wife, Genna Bain, shared the unfortunate news on Twitter.

As Polygon recounts, Bain first revealed his cancer diagnosis in 2014. A year later, he shared that the diagnosis was terminal but continued to work on his YouTube channel and podcast. In a lengthy Reddit post earlier this month, Bain said he’d recently learned that after 46 rounds of chemotherapy, his body had become resistant to all forms of treatment.

Rest in Peace my Dearest Love
John @Totalbiscuit Bain
July 8, 1984 - May 24, 2018 pic.twitter.com/hg9ytHsItJ

— Genna Bain (@GennaBain) May 24, 2018

He announced his retirement as a critic in the post and although he didn’t publicly speculate on how much time he had left, he seemingly knew the end was near and said he wanted to focus on getting his quality of life (pain management) to as good a standard as possible and spend time with his family.

TotalBiscuit’s YouTube channel has more than 2.2 million subscribers and his videos regularly amassed several hundred thousand views each.

John bain, aka @Totalbiscuit did more good for the gaming community than most of us could do in 10 lifetimes.

He believed in me when I did not believe in myself. He encouraged me to become the person I am.

A mentor. A friend. So much more.

He will be missed. Rest in peace.

— Boogie2988 (@Boogie2988) May 24, 2018

Bain’s wife posted the words to the poem “Love Constant Beyond Death” by Francisco de Quevedo in announcing his death. Other well-known public figures in the gaming community including Boogie2988 also remembered Bain on Twitter.

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[Morphine Child]

RIP

Dude had some nice vids

 

[mcborge]

Very sad. Cancer took my wife at the same age. R.I.P TotalBiscuit.

 

[Black Slasher]

RIP

 

[psycros]

Crap. From what I'd seen he was one of the good ones

 

[EEatGDL]

RIP Thanks for some great years and what little or much you could do for the gaming community; loved your sense of humor.

 

[sac39507]

Sometime in the future we will all look back and see how messed up the medical community and government is by letting all these good people die when they knew there was an unapproved but known cure for cancer.

 

[amghwk]

I never heard of him as I'm not an avid gaming YouTube-r. But this is a sad news indeed, especially since this is related to a gaming personality, with whom many of us here share common interests.

R.I.P. John Bain.

 

[Lounds]

So young, what cancer was it?

 

[Shadowboxer]

RIP. If there is any consolation for his family then its the fact that this guy was revered in the gaming community and carried huge amounts of respect. He achieved more in 33 years than most do in their lifetimes.

 

[Arris]

Think I initially watched his videos of him playing StarCraft and Battlefield. The self criticising banter and analysis of things that he could do better was always entertaing on his "I suck at Starcraft 2" series.

 

[Puiu]

R.I.P. o7