I want to record myself onto a laptop so i can edit my gameplay for youtube game reviews. what kind of device do i need and software for it?

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I’m a gaming event coordinator at a county library, and we have a program entitled Game Night that we offer for various teens in the community. It’s a completely free program where we invite folks to come in and play video games.

Recently, it’s grown in popularity so much that we actually have our own part of the library’s website, and we’re looking for content other than the written guides, tips, tricks, and reviews we’re using already. I know what you’re thinking… “A library that doesn’t want to encourage reading on their site?!” Not at all. We just want to offer a variety of content.

So we found out about this screen-recording device called a “Dazzle”, which we can use to record ourselves playing games while reviewing them or showing people how to beat difficult bosses, unlock achievements, and things like that. But before we can get this “Dazzle”, we have to prove to the library director that screen recording these things and putting them up for our patrons’ benefit on the website is actually legal. I’ve heard a lot of people say it falls under the guidelines of “Fair Use”, but no one’s posted any proof, which doesn’t help our case… I tried contacting Nintendo’s legal department, but they won’t answer me.

Could anyone here provide some proof that it’s not illegal or copyright infringement to capture both audio and video from games that our library owns in order to provide reviews of these games and strategies to help beat them? I know they’re posted on Youtube all the time, and I wish I could use that as an argument, but we need something more concrete!

Thanks in advance for your help, everyone!