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BORK!BORK!BORK!

Classic arcade game put to shame by judgemental Bugdroid

An arcade claw machine displays an Android recovery console above plush prizes

Today's victim of the bork fairy is a claw machine that even Android seems to have rejected for its alleged unfairness. And Google, as we all know, is all about fairness.

Eagle-eyed Register reader Scott spotted the stricken machine in an arcade adjacent to a roller rink, a place our reader visited with a friend and described as "something my currently bruised body reminds me I hadn't done for about 20 years."

We assume they were talking about roller-skating, and not the exertions of accompanying their pal.

The machine itself is a recent iteration of the infamous claw machine, which has spent a century emptying players' pockets in exchange for frustration and the very occasional reward of tat.…