Editor’s note: This article includes spoilers for the game “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.”

Kim Jong-soo, a former South Korean soldier who served on the front lines of the inter-Korean border, was initially shocked to see his peers dying on a city street as North Korean bombs rained down.

But his fear turned to patriotism when he saw U.S.-ROK forces counterattack the North Korean leader’s palace in a joint decapitation strike.

It didn’t matter that it was all happening in a video game.

“Should the situation arise, I would fight with resolve to defeat North Korea and achieve reunification,”