If I use game play footage as youtube videos am I able to monetize them legally? I figured this might be a good idea to ask before I go uploading anything.

You should be fine. The worst that can happen is being sued by Bethesda.

Lol. Being sued by multi million dollar company. No biggie!

That's exactly what I thought when I read that.

The internet is a scary, scary place. One of the main reasons I don't own a computer.

You should be fine.I don't think Bethesda would care enough about a YouTube channel for all the bad publicity it would get by suing. And as long as you put disclaimers in the description,you should be fine.

You're on the internet now and whatever device you're using suffers the same risk as using a computer...smart phones can get viruses, hacked and your location discovered.

Contact a Bethesda employee or rep and ask them. You can find a contact link somewhere around here... Or you can just Google it.