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 ...

Yes, that’s right. In Brookfield, you can find an arcade exclusively dedicated to claw machines. It’s called, fittingly, Claw ...

Christopher Salazar could not stop with the plush round Kool-Aid Man. The 11-year-old claw machine master had to have more. So, outside a South Side strip mall on a recent early evening, he and his ...

In a crowded casino made for kids, stocked with rows upon rows of neon, chiming claw machines, I saw my 12-year-old son’s life flash before my eyes. He had already drained $20 into a single machine ...

Shawn (right) and Rhiannan Carnline play a claw game with 17-month-old Harlow at DUCK! claw arcade in Eagan, Minn., on Jan. 9.

A crane with a claw hand hovers over your desired prize. You're armed with nothing but a joystick to help maneuver it left and right, and a button that drops the claw. It lands as you wait to see if ...

Claw machine arcades are all the rage right now—and if you haven’t spotted one yet, you will soon. They're popping up all over Houston, bringing a slice of Asia’s popular arcade culture right to our ...