Ok, I went C++ book shopping at Chapters and I went in hoping for a kick ass book that tells me step by step on how to make games, but no such luck. I instead walked out with "Practical C++" by Rob Mcgregor. It is pretty good but I dont know if its going to help me make games or not. It gets in depth into OOP in the last few chapters and it is quite easy to read and understand so far. I wanted to buy a DirectX book, but I dont think Im quite ready for that......plus it was 90 bucks (canadian that is). For anyone who is familiar with "Practical C++", could you tell me if it will help me in my quest for windows game programming knowledge? Its all fun and games till someone gets pregnant.