In an earlier episode of the HotSpot, a listener wrote in to describe how hard it was to tear open the plastic cases that enclose Xbox 360 equipment (controllers, cables, etc). Well I was setting up my new entertainment center and tried to open one of those plastic cases with a pair of scissors when, CRACK! A piece of the blade broke off. It was bound to happen though, because I was twisting the scissor when I was trying to open the case, but yikes, those cases ARE getting harder and harder to open.