Games critic and YouTube creator John 'TotalBiscuit' Bain has announced that he'll be retiring as a games critic in light of a new health update.
Bain revealed in a Reddit post that the effects of 'conventional chemotherapys had been exhausted' and that his liver is now failing. The creator was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. The cancer entered remission that year but has since resurfaced, spreading to Bain's spine and liver.
“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,” Bain says in the post.
“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.”
Untimely retirement
While Bain has hung up his critic cap, he will continue to make YouTube and Twitch content for the foreseeable future. He'll also continue his work with the Co-Optional podcast. He also states this his wife, Genna, will be trained in production in order to take on a host role with the podcast.
Genna will be sitting in for creator and Co-Optional host Dodger, who is currently on maternity leave.
"The show must go on after all. We will be moving forward with our proposal to shorten the show to 2 hours per episode however," Bain says.
"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."
This story originally appeared on InfluencerUpdate.biz
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