But then how do you define the confines of video games? They're clearly very elusive because video games have become somewhat of a merger of all entertainment mediums and a large proponent of that change has been Mr. Kojima.

 Even if we just look at the original MGS game which almost all of us can agree was a bruilliant game it defies the definitions of video games set before it. It contains roughly 3-4 hours of playtime. It contains roughly 4 hours opf cutscenes which is about two and a half times the length of an average movie. I don't know how long the script was exactly, but I'd wager it was somewhere around 400 pages long, longer than most liuterary works held in high regard. What Kojima had apparently created with MGS was a game with more gameplay than most titl;es in the 8 and 16 bit era, more cinematics than any movie save lord of the rings and more script than most works of literature.  If you look at most action games of today, his influence is clear as games are becoming more and more cinematic and "movie like" following in the foot steps of MGS.

 With such a broad scope it is hard to circle a line around gaming and exclaim "this is it" Most games today are just as much cinema and literature as they are games even if not toithe degree that MGS is. So having franchises such as MGS (specifically 2) that inject a heavy dose of philosophy into their cinematic storytelling is no different to me than having a thick book that juggles an adventorus narrative coupled with heavy moral reasoning. 

The days where video games were referred to merely as "games" are coming to an end, most games in todays high def cinematic landscape are just as much "video" as they are "games"