MS needs a game that inspires people around THIS forum, as well as attracts people to their game and eventually to THIS forum. There's never been anything truely "great" made from Mirage.
How to learn VB6 fast? People are all about instant gratification. If you want to learn VB fast, pick up a "Learn VB in 24 hours!" book (I admit I have one...). If you want to actually learn VB, just jump in. You'll learn more from solving problems yourself than you'll ever learn from copying code from a book. VB6 is great in the way it gives you things, you can have a form up quickly and easily (and create it visually), and then follow the event-oriented architecture to make the entire program quick and easy. This is the kind of programming VB6 was made for, not necessarily games
Even if VB is old and being phased out, it is still a quick and dirty way to make programs. The code is easy, almost plain English, and programs fall together quickly. Once you understand the basics (made easier by using vBasic... lol) it makes learning an "advanced" language TONS easier.
. As we speak i am atempting to add a new morale called "Cola!".