For nylig blev det desværre meldt ud, at John Bain, bedre kendt som TotalBiscuit, afgik ved døden efter en lang, sej kamp imod en hård kræftsygdom. Mange kendte ansigter fra spilbranchen var hurtige til at kondolere, men på mærkværdigvis var der én ansat hos Bioware, der havde alt andet end respektfulde ord til overs for Bain.
Crooks lod til at være bitter over en række kritiske kommentarer Bain havde leveret om to af de spil som Crooks tidligere har arbejdet på, og det ledte til følgende kommentarer på Twitter, der hurtigt blev slettet igen.
"Weird, the world just felt a little bit better some time around an hour, hour and a half ago. Maybe it was just those new running shoes I got for my run home. OH, wait, I know! It's because Totalbiscuit died!"
"How about the time that he was the centerpoint of not one but TWO major games I worked on, dishing out a plethora of shitty "criticism" that was less than useful and didn't help anyone, and are still some of his most viewed videos?"
Dog tyder noget på at Crooks er blevet fyret for sine kommentarer, der har spredt på tværs af internettet. Bioware-chefen Casey Hudson har nemlig meldt ud, at Crooks er "tidligere" Bioware-ansat:
"I was extremely disappointed to find out about the comments on the passing of John Bain (@Totalbiscuit) from someone who was previously part of BioWare. Let me be clear that they don't represent BioWare's views, EA's, or my own. Our condolences go out to John and his family."