After hearing the news yesterday about Halifax not accepting payments from World of Warcraft subscribers due to fraudulent accounts, some of you might be thinking to switch their accounts to a different bank.

However, Halifax made sure that this not entirely necessary. Know more about this after the jump!

"Th' quesch'n ta bloh a-way all quesch'ns, 'eh?" Dwarves in any fantasy setting, especially those revelling in the epic of scales, will almost certainly have a Scottish accent. In World of Warcraft, one particular denizen, Apolos, finally voiced out his curiousity: "Why do Dwarves have Scottish accents?"

Well, Blizzard representative Drysc has been no more helpful with the issue, claiming that there is no Scotland in Azeroth, so the accent that the Dwarves do have is plainly Dwarven accent.

Others have claimed that since the Dwarves live near Loch Modan (Loch is Lake in Scottish), they probably adopted the Scottish nature by instinct. But did the name come first or the Dwarves?

That's more like a "chicken before the egg or egg before the chicken" conundrum, so let's bury that before our heads begin to spin. The mystery behind the accent will always link back to ol' Tolkien and his short, stocky underground-dweller stereotype.

Either way, the folks at the WoW Forums are getting a bit sidetracked with over-the-top comments. Next time someone will be asking why the Draenei sound like Russian and why the Trolls just ooze Jamaican...

Just a very quick heads up to let you blokes know that the highly popular gaming television show, videoGaiden, is now available for online viewing at the UK BBC website .

Their first show aired at 11:10 p.m. GMT, and will be available for viewing throughout the next week. This will be the first of six, thirty-minute episodes that the program will be featuring. The first incarnation of videoGaiden featured shorter 10-minute shows, and thanks to popular demand, BBC has decided to broadcast this second season in BBC Scotland.

While you're there, you might want to check up on videoGaiden's current campaign for Shenmue - Will Sega continue it or officially axe it? Also be reminded that you'll need a UK IP address to view the video-stream.