A claw machine sits inside a metro station in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. The Rio police press office said they were carrying out search warrants targeting claw machines because they are ...

Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” ...

Le-An Than is the co-owner of Crane Games, a new claw machine arcade in Aurora, Colorado. Crane Games opened in July of 2024. Than and her business partner were inspired to open the arcade after a ...

As a mom of four, Le-An Than is always looking for new ways to entertain her kiddos. After all, there are only so many museums and playgrounds to patronize before they seem to lose their luster, she ...

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 specifically, the ...

The crane machine—also known as claw machines, crane games and, in Japan, as “UFO catchers” due to their proclivity for aerial abductions—first gripped the public imagination in the early 1900s. Even ...

A groundhog was rescued this week from a claw machine game in the arcade of a Pennsylvania mini-golf course. Employees of Meadows Family Fun Center in Duncansville, Blair County found the unusual ...

Umamusume Pretty Derby is packed with fun features, but one of the most lucrative is its reward system. By completing tasks in the Special Missions section, players can score all kinds of useful ...

One young arcade game player accidentally became the prize of his own game at a community center in Ohio on Monday. Fire and EMS services successfully rescued a child who had become trapped inside the ...

Fire and EMS workers successfully removed the child from the machine. One young arcade game player accidentally became the prize of his own game at a community center in Ohio on Monday. Fire and EMS ...

WYOMISSING, Pa. - A new shop has opened up at the Berkshire Mall, bringing the magic of claw machine games for folks to enjoy. "I love arcade games, and I visited Japan last year in February and fell ...