Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...

Claw machines are notoriously frustrating. You start with a spark in your eye thinking you’ll be able to win that one prize that you’re eyeing. “It can’t be that hard, it’s right there,” you think to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more ...

We’ve all passed claw machine games and refused to give our kids money, telling them it’s impossible to win. But actually that’s not quite true. If a child is determined enough, and small enough, he ...

I love taking my son to the arcade, sharing with him the games I grew up playing and the workarounds that can help improve his odds of winning. On one such trip, we spent too much time and money ...

Have you ever wondered why you played the claw machine 10 times and lose and the next person behind you puts in one quarter and wins? It turns out, those claw machines are likely rigged. A recent ...

Claw machines, or crane games, are a classic feature of any respectable arcade - they're a blast to play but notoriously tricky to conquer. Typically coin-operated, these machines are manipulated ...

A toddler with a love of claw machines had the “time of his life” when he climbed inside one of the toy-filled machines in Australia. A video shows how police officers rescued him. Three-year-old ...

You ever lose your engagement ring in a claw machine? No? Me either. But in Cupiclaw, a “roguelike deck-building claw machine game” from French developer Julien Tran, you’ll play as a man named Morris ...

The Hsinchu City Government yesterday said a new regulation to ban claw machine stores from operating within 100m of ...