The article really explains it all. The Japanese created a new arcade machine that is, quite frankly, MEAN!

This really looks like a spoof - truly it does, but I can’t help but notice the valid URL in my browser. Ack

Lose a game of chess to a computer, and you could bruise your ego. Lose an arm-wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm.

Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday it will remove all 150 “Arm Spirit” arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine’s mechanized appendage…

Now as you can see, they likely didn’t INTEND to create arm wrestling machines that break your arm, but I’d like to ask - how did they end up getting this thing through testing and out into the market without discovering its vindictive nature?

In any event, click here to read the article.