Gamming??

I haven't tried creating 3D games. But I think it will be very slow. Many suggests to use C. But if you want to learn on how to make 3D games in VB, there are plenty of samples out there.

It is slow to creat 3d game engines using directx or opengl/ because vb can not access memory fast / but in vb.net there is no diffrent . because all .net languages use a same module. all languages translate to a main language then start debugging.

It would be horrible.. Dev-C++ is the way to go for 3D games and things like that. My friend made a 3D engine with C++.

Have you tried b4gl (Basic For GL), it is not DirectX though. It using OpenGL Technology. Apparently B4GL is purposed for tutorial only, but it's quite good to be development environment for game application. Bloodshed DevC++ looks like to be a great Compiler/Interpreter you can use. I have tried it for SDL Application an it run smoothly, but you need to get the SDL Library installed first and set your environment for the library in the SDL Library Configuration. but i haven't succeeded to use it's media library yet, think of it i haven't got the right sound library yet

i only can say, use C++ for any 3d games programming it will give you more advance then vb