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John Bain (born 8 July 1984), commonly known by his online aliases TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit, and TotalHalibut, is a British gaming commentator and critic on YouTube, known for his role in professional casting for games such as ''StarCraft II'' and ''PlanetSide 2'', as well as for his regular gaming commentary videos. According to Eurogamer, his video commentary on newly developed indie games and analysis of gaming news has led to him having a large following. Bain is renowned for his candid, first impression critique of popular video games, where he has voiced strong approval for consumer protection in the gaming industry; frequently denouncing what he believes to be wrongful censorship. On 13 March 2013, he hit the milestone of one million subscribers on his YouTube channel, an occasion for which he released a half-hour-long video discussing many aspects of his life. The main source of Bain's publicity is his primary YouTube channel, where he posts what he describes as "variety gaming content" as part of the YouTube gaming network Polaris. His most popular videos belong to his "WTF is...?" series, a series of first impressions on video games.〔 He has been described by Will Porter of Eurogamer as a "champion of indie gaming" and YouTube's foremost "love him or hate him" personality. The same critic suggested Bain's online popularity is due to his voice having a "tone of authority",〔 while Bain himself believes that his candour and personality are key to his success.〔 In January 2015 Totalbiscuit was the top Steam curator with over 400,000 followers, more than the next three highest combined.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top Steam Curators )〕 Apart from "WTF" is...? series, TotalBiscuit hosts programme "Content Patch" (starting from 30 October 2012) in which he addresses gaming news and comments. Bain also hosted The Game Station Podcast and is the current host of the Co-Optional Podcast, where he discusses games and gaming news with YouTube personalities Jesse Cox and Dodger along with a guest. It is live-streamed every Tuesday on his Twitch.tv channel. In October 2015, Bain announced via Twitter that he has terminal liver cancer, with an average life expectancy of 2–3 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Twitlonger )〕 == Biography == Bain's broadcasting career started off while studying law at De Montfort University, where he hosted an extreme metal music show on Demon FM. From 2005 to 2010, Bain ran World of Warcraft Radio, which gained enough publicity to incite a reaction from Blizzard Entertainment, the developer and publisher of ''World of Warcraft''. He was invited to the annual BlizzCon event in 2005 to provide coverage of the event, where he met Genna Bain, his future wife and a fellow YouTube personality. Bain also has a step-son, Orion. After World of Warcraft Radio ended, Bain started Cynicalbrit.com, where he posted more general gaming content. In 2010 during the height of the Great Recession, Bain was laid off by his employer, a financial advisory company. His unemployment coincided with the beta release of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'', and Bain started producing and uploading videos of himself talking over gameplay on YouTube, hoping to earn money through the website's ad-revenue system. In the following weeks, popularity of Bain's videos skyrocketed. A ''StarCraft 2'' commentator by the online alias of HuskyStarcraft approached Bain and invited him to The Game Station (now Polaris), a network of gaming channels on YouTube.〔 Bain partnered with Sony Online Entertainment for the 2012 E3 event where he broadcast a show of attendees playing ''PlanetSide 2'' at the SOE booth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PlanetSide 2 teams up with TotalBiscuit )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TotalBiscuit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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