Sharon, I can't address gaming because I don't play games on computers. I'm sure that you will get advice stating the VB6 is not a great gaming language. Good luck! Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Hooley" <shooley2@xxxxx> To: "Programming Blind List" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 5:28 PM Subject: More about VB6 Hi again! Okay, I'm interested in working with VB6. So, since Visual Studios is an IDE, do I have to have that in order to work with VB6 on a Windows XP Pro system? Actually, the type of programming I'd like to learn involves communication, like generating conversation or making a madlib game. Then maybe down the road I might want to develop more complex simulation/adventure type games. Sharon __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind