So I finally googled WTF is Peggle. I always guessed it's some kind of logic puzzle game, maybe around checkers level of complexity. I knew Wu lies about being good at it because Wu is not good at anything.
The game is… pretty much random. The only strategy I can see is trying to get your ball to the basket for an extra life. It's like reverse Arkanoid, you don't need dexterity or anticipation to break the bricks, you just let ball lose and let the gravity to decide this. The only way one should "put 40 hours into it" is by playing on a phone while suffering from a week-long dysentery.