Hamish
@hamp95.bsky.social
Interested in behavioural finance, decision making under pressure, and the banality of Teams Meetings.
Currently writing a long thesis on Square Enix and completely stuck. The problem being the entire thesis hinges on whether Final Fantasy XII is a good video game and I am genuinely stumped on whether it's a good FF successor or just something weirdly experimental
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Currently writing a long thesis on Square Enix and completely stuck. The problem being the entire thesis hinges on whether Final Fantasy XII is a good video game and I am genuinely stumped on whether it's a good FF successor or just something weirdly experimental
As someone who loves business, finance, and gaming, I've been fascinated by recent activist attempts to demand changes in Square Enix. So much so, in fact, that I've written a long post on how the kings of the JRPG got to this point.
Part 1 is about Squaresoft.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
Part 1 is about Squaresoft.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
A History of Square Enix, Part 1: The SquareSoft era
As an activist investor continues to acquire shares in Square Enix, demanding changes to bring the company back to the "glory days", how did those glory days come about, and why did they end?
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
As someone who loves business, finance, and gaming, I've been fascinated by recent activist attempts to demand changes in Square Enix. So much so, in fact, that I've written a long post on how the kings of the JRPG got to this point.
Part 1 is about Squaresoft.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
Part 1 is about Squaresoft.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
So I guess I should start posting my Substack stuff here too I guess. Planning a full working holiday to Japan next year and realised a lot of what I read or watch about the country seems very ragebaity. Took a step back and here's what I found out.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
Five Things I've Learned About Japan (Without Actually Visiting)
Notes about a country that Social Media appears to get so, so, wrong (and my attempt to learn before my visit)
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
So I guess I should start posting my Substack stuff here too I guess. Planning a full working holiday to Japan next year and realised a lot of what I read or watch about the country seems very ragebaity. Took a step back and here's what I found out.
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
open.substack.com/pub/hamishjp...
Objectively hilarious price action in silver here
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Objectively hilarious price action in silver here
One of the things I've noticed about the current "flatness" of social media (all sites btw, including this one) is that it enables a popular narrative to spread with extremely low evidence as long as the "evidence" fits the narrative. I'll post some examples.
December 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One of the things I've noticed about the current "flatness" of social media (all sites btw, including this one) is that it enables a popular narrative to spread with extremely low evidence as long as the "evidence" fits the narrative. I'll post some examples.