I usually use this printable in tandem with an Amazon Gift Card. For example, I would give $50 USD worth of XMR and $50 USD worth of Amazon Gift Card in the same envelope in case my gift receiver does not want anything to do with cryptocurrency. If the gift receiver does not transfer the funds to their own wallet within 1 year, the funds can be swept and regifted.

For gaming, sunshine server and moonlight client. Zerotier or tailscale to get around firewalls.

Another option that might work for you is zerotier.

And you can use sunshine/moonlight to remotely control it.