One thing that any geek will notice when they visit Japan is that there are gaming arcades everywhere. While arcades in North America seem to have fallen out of favour, their eastern counterparts are still frequented by teens and even people in their 40s. Something that seems common to all Japanese arcades is that the first floor is always full of UFO catchers, also known as crane machines.  In North America, these machines usually contain some lollipops that aren’t even worth the money you put in, or they have some stuffed toys that are impossible to win (like the one shown below) because the crane isn’t strong enough to carry Read more »