Spilkritikeren og YouTuberen John "TotalBiscuit" Bain stopper som spilkritiker, da hans helbred forværres, hvilket får fans til at frygte at han formentligt ikke har lang tid tilbage.
I et længere brev på Bain's egen Reddit skriver han:
"When I went into hospital a week or so ago, it was accompanied by the news that conventional chemotherapy's effectiveness had been exhausted."
Dertil tilføjede han, at doktoren siger at hans lever er begyndt at fejle, og at han personligt "forbereder" sig på at han ikke lang tid tilbage at leve i.
<em>"That will most likely be my last health update, unless some miracle happens or we do indeed find a trial that can do something despite the damage to my liver. I'd ask people not to speculate about how long I might have left. I've deliberately left out some details to try and reduce the behavior, though it might very well have the opposite effect. All I do know is that kind of thing is upsetting to some of my viewers that read it and I'd rather not encourage it. I've already exceeded the 'usual' lifespan of someone with my condition so whatever numbers people come up with are just that."
Bain tilføjer, at han ikke stopper helt, da han stadig ønsker at lave YouTube-videoer samt diverse streams, men at disse vil blive lavet sammen med hans kæreste Genna Bain, og samtidigt håber han, at hun vil overtage hans kanal når han ikke længere er her.
"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."
Bain, der er 33 år, startede sin karriere på YouTube ved at spille, samt kritisere spil såsom World of Warcraft samt Starcraft. Han er sidenhen blevet kendt for at snakke kritisk og ærligt omkring spilbranchen og problemerne deri. I 2015 oprettede han Steam-gruppen The Framerate Police, hvor Bain advarede Steam-brugerne mod spil der var låst til 30 billeder i sekundet.
I 2014 fortalte Bain at han havde fået konstateret cancer, og selvom han stod til at kunne klare den, så er den senere gået ind i leder og rygrad.
Bain's sidste ord i det lange brev lyder således:
"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."