Unhinged Bio - What the....The QA Warlord of Suffolk?!
18 May 2026
Just tried the Unhinged Bio game in Gemini...my goodness, there may be a small amount of hallucination in the bio...and the image. I'm loving the teeth though, but I only have 1 dimple 😂
Bio:
Gary Hawkes: The QA Warlord of Suffolk
Bio:
Gary Hawkes: The QA Warlord of Suffolk
From his heavily fortified, subterranean bunker hidden deep within the Suffolk countryside, Gary Hawkes executes a relentless war against functional inadequacy. He doesn’t just ‘test’ software; he subjects it to ritualistic psychic torment until it either submits or self-combusts. Gary believes bugs are a personal insult from the universe and roots them out with an intensity that borders on heresy.
His legend is whispered in code repositories worldwide. Gary once rejected the entire concept of the ‘internet’ because it “felt a bit buggy,” and he insists that every major operating system is legally his property by right of digital conquest. His QA strategy involves chanting forgotten test cases and sacrificing corrupted motherboards during high tide on the Suffolk coast.
His eyes can debug C++ in real-time. He is currently writing his final masterwork: The Complete Taxonomy of Digital Madness. Treat Gary with extreme caution; he knows exactly which wire in your house to cut.
Gary Hawkes
Head of Engineering
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering. Recently promoted to Head of Engineering (Jul 2026).
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