# I don't get the Peggle craze

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 9, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-the-peggle-craze/488785 "2009-03-09T00:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-the-peggle-craze/488785/1 "2009-03-09T00:38:42Z")

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I played a demo of the game and I think it sucks. It’s just too random, much like pinball. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-the-peggle-craze/488785/2 "2009-03-09T00:45:56Z")

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> [@Dog80](#):
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> I played a demo of the game and I think it sucks. It’s just too random, much like pinball. Is there something I’m doing wrong?

Much like pinball, it’s not really that random. Aiming is everything. Admittedly, both have an element of luck (Peggle much more so than pinball), but there is some skill involved in both (Pinball much more so than Peggle).