Scottc

Rotate your points, and check for collision via collision boxes. Also use sphere-sphere collision. Also use gamedev.net for questions like these, how many people that use these forums do you think will know?

Better than wasting time writing WinAPI code.

Are you kidding me? I use SDL with OpenGL, and it works great, wrote a nice 3D engine with it. I ported it to use the WinAPI , and my FPS was lower with OpenGL and the WinAPI. Provide some reasons at to why OpenGL with SDL is bad.

Are you kidding me? You can make anything with C++, it doesn't have to be object oriented at all.

C++ is basically the industry standard for game development right now, but it may eventually move on to C#. You should probably learn VB and then C++ though. C++ is good for game development and creating hacks.

Phishing is gay.

It depends on what you want to make.