11. A method of operating a device, said method comprising: displaying, by a display device supported by a housing of the device, a play of a game; detecting, by at least one gyroscope supported by the housing, motion of the housing during the play of the game; analyzing, by a controller, the detected motion of the housing and determining, by the controller, whether the detected motion of the housing corresponds to any of a plurality of different designated gestures; and responsive to determining that the detected motion of the housing corresponds to one of the plurality of designated gestures: determining, by the controller, a game input associated with said designated gesture, said determined game input being one of a plurality of different game inputs; determining, by the controller, at least one aspect of the play of the game to modify based on the determined game input; and causing, by the controller, a modification of the determined at least one aspect of the play of the game.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detected motion of the housing includes one of: a single movement of the housing and a sequence of a plurality of movements of the housing.