Several months ago, Games Music 4 All and GSW contributor/Nobuooo admin Jeriaska launched a music streaming site for Iwadon, a tribute album with dozens of tracks inspired by Hiroyuki 'Iwadon' Iwatsuki, the respected but often overlooked Japanese composer behind Natsume releases like Chaos World, Pocky & Rocky, Wild Guns, and Gundam Wing Endless Duel.

In honor of Iwatsuki's 40th birthday last week, the full album (plus six additional tracks) has been made available as a free download through Bandcamp, where you can also read extended liner notes for each of the songs from artists like Doctor Octoroc (preview above), 4mat, Mutherpluckin' B., Trichromatic, and many others.

If you're a fan of Natsume's games, Iwadon's music, or Japanese NES composers -- or even if you like to see big fan productions for unappreciated games/figures in the game industry -- you shouldn't miss out on this!

TOKYO, MAy 18 (IPS) - Mitsuko and Koji Iwatsuki, both in their senior years, spend their days taking walks, playing golf occasionally and going on foreign trips once a year.

Fans, videogame cover bands and chiptune artists have recreated the soundtracks of game composer Hiroyuki Iwatsuki in a new music compilation called Iwadon, which was revealed at PAX East panel last month. Iwatsuki has been creating music for the Japanese videogame publisher Natsume since 1991. His soundtracks include work composed for Pocky & Rocky, Wild Guns [...]

Date: Tuesday, Dec 1st Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM A panel on Asians in the fashion industry curated by Sally Wu, fashion designer for Milly and contemporary art curator. The panel will feature contemporary art curator and model Mie Iwatsuki, fashion industry branding expert Susan Shin, Sally Wu, and moderator Thuy Linh Tu, Assistant Professor at NYU's