John Bain
Sign in to saveAlso known as TotalHalibut, The Cynical Brit, TotalBiscuit, John Peter Bain, Cynical Brit Gaming
John Peter Bain (8 July 1984 – 24 May 2018), known as TotalBiscuit ( , TB; sometimes The Cynical Brit or TotalHalibut), was a British video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube. He was known for his role in professional shoutcasting and esports, and also known for his gaming commentary audio work on WCradio.com. According to Eurogamer, he gained a large following due to his video commentary on newly developed indie games and analysis of gaming news. Bain voiced strong support for consumer protection in the video gaming industry.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Tobacco Leaves
- Bain of My Life
- Wedding Derangements
- Doctors Talking
- Iron Way
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 460
- Total plays
- 3,836
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Bain">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Person.name
- TotalBiscuit
- Person.image
- TotalBiscuit, MLG Anaheim 2013, FlamingCowTV (June 2013)(color corrected)(cropped).jpg
- Person.alt
- Bain in a black suit against a cityscape
- Person.caption
- Bain in 2013
- Person.birth_name
- John Peter Bain
- Person.birth_place
- Spennymoor, County Durham, England
- Person.death_place
- Charlotte, North Carolina, US
- Person.death cause
- Bowel cancer
- Person.years_active
- 2005–2018
- Person.children
- 1
- Person.awards
- Trending Gamer (2014)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Spennymoor
- Place of death
- Charlotte
- Occupation
- pundit
- Educated at
- De Montfort University
- Languages spoken
- British English
- Native language
- British English
- Religion
- deism
- Sport
- esports
- Image
- TotalBiscuit, MLG Anaheim 2013, FlamingCowTV (June 2013)(color corrected)(cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- TotalBiscuit
- date of birth
- 1984-07-08
- date of death
- 2018-05-24
- pseudonym
- TotalHalibut
- birth name
- John Peter Bain
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- end of work period
- 2018-00-00
- website account on
- last.fm
- hashtag
- JohnBain
- catchphrase
- [in closing] Thank you for watching, folks. I'll see you next time.
- medical condition
- developmental coordination disorder
- social media followers
- 642568
- name in native language
- John Peter Bain
- sports discipline competed in
- StarCraft II
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Cancer diagnosis and death
- Legacy
- Origin of online nicknames
- Internet popularity
- Consumer advocacy
- Sponsorships
- Team Axiom
- Awards
- References
- External links
John Peter Bain (8 July 1984 – 24 May 2018), known as TotalBiscuit ( , TB; sometimes The Cynical Brit or TotalHalibut), was a British video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube. He was known for his role in professional shoutcasting and esports, and also known for his gaming commentary audio work on WCradio.com. According to Eurogamer, he gained a large following due to his video commentary on newly developed indie games and analysis of gaming news. Bain voiced strong support for consumer protection in the video gaming industry.
In October 2015 he announced that he had terminal cancer that had spread to his liver. He continued to critique games after the diagnosis, announcing his retirement only a few weeks before his death in May 2018.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Bain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.