VB.NET and Game Programming

Question

Hey guys I have searched for ages trying to find out how to make simple games like, tetris, an old school final fantasy rpg game or something similar to bejeweled, but its not the design of it that I am looking for its the understanding of it, the manipulation of the mouse and keys, knowing how to work with bounds all that other good stuff, the reason being that im trying to set myself up before jumping into a new language like c# or c++ so that way I am familar with it, now I know VB isnt used much for making games, although I could be wrong but I know it is not that strong. Anyone have some good tutorials on where to start, I just recently finished reading the book [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-Basic-2010-Step/dp/0735626693"]

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step

[/URL] So I am trying to target game design in a different way and start basic.