Gonzalo "Gonzo" Suárez is one of the best-known names in the history of Spanish video games, both for his professional career and for his character and media relevance.
In his professional career, he stands out for being the main architect of the Commandos saga, one of the most outstanding video game franchises created in Spain, but also for being an important part of one of the most legendary developers of the "Golden Era of Spanish Soft", Opera Soft.
His media relevance is marked by his prominent role, always defending the video game and the need to promote this industry in the country, even after actively abandoning the developer profession after the failure of his company Arvirago. In that sense, he was also one of the main promoters of the creation of DEV, the Video Game Developers Association, in 2008.
As a developer his most common role is Director. He has participated in a total of eight spanish video games, being some of the most important Commandos 2: Men of Courage (Pyro Studios, 2001), where he has been Director or Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty (Pyro Studios, 1999), where he has been Director too . Also took part in other video games like Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tenis (Delta Software, 1990), where he took part as Programmer, and The Lord of the Creatures (Arvirago Entertainment, ), where he took part as Director.
Suárez Girard has also taught one presentation about video games, Mesa redonda: Videojuego como producto at IndieMAD 2018.
You can know more about Gonzalo Suárez Girard «Gonzo» visiting his Wikipedia.
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COMPANY | POSITION | SINCE | TIME |
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Opera Soft | Programmer | 1985 1989 | 4 years 0 months |
Pyro Studios | Director / Designer | 1997 2003 | 6 years 0 months |
Arvirago Entertainment | Founder | 2003 2008 | 5 years 0 months |