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I was really hopeful for Stadia, too, and enjoyed playing on it for a while. But in the end, remoting from my own computer was better and faster.

Having you considered something like Parsec to do the same thing with your dad? I think it should do what you need. Steam's own Remote Play Together might do it, too.

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This is all across the US, one coast to another, so these personally run apps probably wouldnt work, right?

Parsec and Steam's remote play feature support both LAN and WAN. Mileage varies, wired LAN is better than wireless LAN is better than WAN.

You're correct in the notion that running these types of apps relies on your home Internet connection (along with your hotel connection or wherever you're located). This is almost certainly lower performance, lower quality, and higher latency than gaming from a Google datacenter via Stadia.

Across the continent that might be true, but when gaming from my office in town to my house, there was noticeably less lag on Parsec than Stadia. I tried Stadia both at home and work. I used it at home for months before using Parsec instead.

It's hard to know without trying, but I would guess that it'd at least be good enough to do what you were doing before. I think Parsec is still free for the basics, so the only cost would be your time in setting it up and trying it.

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