First off - if someone wants to write games, encourage them no matter what they want to use. We can fight forever about what''s best. The truth is the best language is the one you want to use at the moment. If someone wants to start with VB, there''s nothing wrong with that. I started with it and it''s helped me. There are good VB games out there, maybe not commercial level, but they''re not professionals writing them. They''re good considering that fact.

Second - if you want to learn VB and DirectX, here''s some sights:
http://rookscape.com/vbgaming/tutorials.php
http://www.vbexplorer.com/vb_game_developer.htm
http://voodoovb.thenexus.bc.ca/progmain.html
http://64.23.12.52/

If you have specific questions, go to the forums at VBExplorer and post them in the DirectX forum. I usually check it at least once a day.

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