>> Considering you are using QEMU on the remote you could install
>> QEMU/KVM on the remote and use libvirt (with vnc and spice) on the
>> local system to control the remote vm and display. For games with low
>> latency it probably will not work but for video it should be enough.
>    Yes, I'm running QRMU/KVM on the remote to run the VM.  Since it's a
> turn-based game, I don't need blazing speed.  Is there a tutorial on
> this setup?  VNC of the underlying linux session is smooth and crisp.
> But on the emulated VM, the mouse pointer is rather flakey.  It seems
> that layering VM emulation on top of VNC emulation is problematic.