Hmm well to tell you the truth VB is very useful, and can be used for video game programming. I don’t know exactly how much experience you have with the language, but video game programming takes a good understanding of the language before you can use it.
As for learning a new language, I would most likely suggest learning C++ but considering you are taking the C# course next year...well maybe it would be best to start with that. Although, C# is most likely going to be become industry standard, it’s not yet, and C++ is still the most widely used object-oriented programming language, not to mention how powerful it is. So I guess you decide, C# is almost a new language on its own, I've read into it and tried it out, I'm sticking with C++ as long as possible. In the college course I'm taking the options were computer programmer course or a computer science and technology course. The only real difference between to the two was that the computer programmer course taught C# while the other taught C++, which is because if you are going straight into a programmer job they want you to be updated with the most new/efficient language which easier and faster to use, and good for writing software. I still think C++ is more powerful and better suited for system's programming, which is why it is offered in the other more general course covering more subjects.
Overall, C# is another act by Microsoft to try and make everything universal (combining many features/elements of one language into another so all programmers can adapt to one language, which is C#), as long as universal=Microsoft that is. Don’t worry, if you learn C++ its not like you cant continue learning C# next year, its a strong programming language that will teach you lots, and give you an advantage over the next year people in that course. By the way, it’s good to know C# too, because Microsoft will be using it to take over the world.
Good Luck with It,
-PB
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