if you download the Windows Phone SDK 7.1, that contains Visual Studio Express 2010 for Windows phones, there is a default template vb.net to create games with xna (windows phone, windows form, xbox and zune) ... the great thing is that with vb.net 2008 was not allowed to use the contentpipe (to facilitate access to images, sounds, etc.), was only allowed in C#, is now allowed also in vb.net 2010. it seems that Microsoft has finally woken up.