You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who, at some point in their lives, has not been done dirty by a claw machine—most are designed with a too-weak grip that drops or barely caresses the prizes ...

Rows of claw machines... "They're mostly all plushies ... which is basically dressing up as characters from anime. Or even we had Disney princesses," Miller said. Folks come here feeling confident ...

The claw machine is one of the most popular games at the arcade, but it's also really hard to win on. Using a joystick or buttons, players are supposed to guide the claw over their desired prize.

One of the most popular games in the arcade is the claw machine, or the crane machine, where players control a claw and try to pick up a prize after inserting tokens or coins. Usually there's a ...