"I don't think this is such a new thing," Adams said. In some ways, video games might even be more natural places to incubate friendships than a coffee shop. ... When you've been through something together it bonds you," she said, giving the examples of World War II soldiers in a fox hole, or Grateful Dead fans who saw the same concert. "It's going through those experiences that make you more likely to start talking. I can imagine this couple that went on the raid together probably wanted to debrief after, and that's probably why they started to talk."