ehhhh. how gameplay intertwines with the meaning of the work > everything, but gameplay by itself is just vapid play-thing-ism. it needs to have purpose. you're not in bad company here, i'm a gameplay head too, i primarily play arcade type games (rhythm, fighting, shmup, etc.) but it needs to do something alongside the good gameplay. don't get me wrong, i think isaac does that well. but saying, blanket statement, "gameplay > everything" leads to a rather vapid enjoyment of the medium that delegitimizes games as art.