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YouTuber and games critic John 'Totalbiscuit' Bain dies after long cancer battle

YouTuber and games critic John 'Totalbiscuit' Bain dies after long cancer battle

Former games critic John 'Totalbiscuit' Bain has passed away at the age of 33 after a four year battle with cancer. 

Bain was diagnosed with bowel cancer back in 2014, just before he turned 30. 

Less than a month ago, Bain made a post on Reddit regarding his reitirement from games critique, explaining that 'conventional chemotherapys had been exhausted' and he was no longer recieving treatment.

The post also detailed his plans for the future of this content and how his wife, Genna, would be taking the reigns. 

Bain has spent the past two weeks in hospital recieving surgery, and tweeted only two days ago that the 'physical part of him was getting better'.

Remembering Total Biscuit

Creators and fans alike are paying tribute to the Bain over the internet. Genna Bain was the first to release the news of TB's passing, posting 'Love Constant Beyond Death' by Francisco Quevedo. 

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Editor

Danielle Partis is editor of PocketGamer.biz and former editor of InfluencerUpdate.biz. She was named Journalist of the Year at the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019, as well as in the MCV 30 under 30 2020. Prior to Steel Media, she wrote about music and games at Team Rock.