Gizmodo: claw game

Video: Girl Cheats Claw Game In Creative Way

Matt Hickey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:32:52 EDT

Either this little girl is very ballsy or very, very dumb, but I have to give her credit for just going for it. Not content to be ripped off by one of those claw game scams, she just went for it, climbed up into the machine somehow, and picked her trophy. But the fun comes when a little boy—presumably her brother—goes to get his mom, and then the crowds come. I totally wish this had audio.

How I Survived a Japanese Game Show: The Gigantic Human Prize Claw Game

John Herrman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

The new episode still follows most of the tired reality show conventions and spends too much time on the stunningly boring contestants, but the brief game show events still impress. This week's challenge: become a human claw game, picking up prizes as teammates control your x, y and z axis movement. This challenge aired much to the chagrin of Claw Machine Boy, whose chronic PTSD triggered hard when this episode aired. Stay tuned for a weekly review of the 45 seconds of this show that is worth watching. [ABC]

Moron Kid Gets Trapped Inside a Crane Game, Still Doesn't Get a Prize

matt buchanan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:30:00 EDT

I'm pretty sure when I was young, kids this dumb were sent out into the wild and only allowed back into society after they'd done battle with rabid wolves and survived, to ensure accordance with Darwin's law. Anyways, look kid, the crappy, Chinese-made stuffed toys inside, they're not actually worth it—not the quarter you conned out of your parents to play, and not the years of therapy you're going to have undergo to get over this. If it had been one of the ones where you can win like a Wii, okay, 'cause they can still be kind of hard to come by. But it totally wasn't. [YouTube via Geekologie]

How To: Dominate the Arcade Claw Game

Travis Hudson — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:01:03 EST

Brainiac, one of the few good shows on G4TV, figured out how to beat the claw game and has passed it onto you. Those damn claw games pissed me off so much as a kid, and whoda thunk it that they actually pay out on a schedule by adjusting the claw tension every xx number of attempts. – Travis Hudson

How to Beat the Claw Game [jaygeiger]