Hi, i''m fairly comfortable developing in visual c++, now i want to learn some serious game programming. Apparently the book titled "Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus: Fundamentals of 2D and 3D Game Programming" is supposed to be very good. Does anyone also recommend this as the next step forward? Thanks.

You wont be disappointed if you buy it, well for me it was great. Actually im still half way through it but from what ive read its been awesome. Andre really knows how to teach!

He takes you through many important topics and all in an understandable way, well i wont babble on for too long so in one sentence ''Just buy it.''

i dont actually know the book you refer to, but all i know is that that the "Red Book" is the best book created for OpenGL...
if it does not suit you then i suggest you check the reviews at Amazon.com for the book you need...