Yes, but games also use keyboard input.

I found several good tutorial links on a gaming site:
http://www.vbtutor.net/vbtutor.html
http://cuinl.tripod.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.vbcode.com/
http://www.planet-source-code.com/

Not sure if they were mentionned above.

One guy in those tutorials recommended using the SendInput feature instead of the "basically broken" SendKeys.

Robert