RVT
(formerly Reviewtopia) is a review website similar in style to Channel Awesome—in fact, a few of the contributors were later recruited by and featured on both sites. Reviewed topics are Film, Live-Action TV, Video Games, Anime, Tokusatsu, Professional Wrestling, Music and Comics. There is also a live-stream called RVTV. The site has since changed its name and is shifting focus from exclusively reviewing to also include original content.
Also like Channel Awesome and ScrewAttack, members of the community are invited to post their own reviews and original content. Some reviewers just use it as a video dumping ground while other reviewers and community contributors ZeltraxMillenium are regular members of the community and even help the site's runners with their own shows and join their podcasts.
In early 2013, about two-thirds of the site's contributors left following a controversial incident: during a live-stream of a Sinner Radio episode at MAGFest there was a combination of nudity and several lewd and exploitative comments made by Enigma, who was operating the site's Twitter at the time (which were later deleted). The result was a mass exodus of members, Enigma's firing, and temporary suspension of live-streaming.
RVT Entertainment no longer has a web site, but are active on social media. RVT's Twitter account can still be accessed here, where they still post links to their contributor's videos and scheduled stream announcements. Their facebook is also still active, though it is updated far less frequently.
During the downtime, EZ Rider has opened his own site for his own shows and podcasts, Tokuti.me, with other content creators being featured on the "Toku Minutemen" section of his site.
A history of the site as related by Marc Mues and DocPepper can be found here
Contributors:
- AniMat
- Avalanche Reviews
- EZ Rider
- Professional Wrestling Matty Jay
- Musical Hell
- Pop Arena
- The Shades
- TWK Reviews
Former contributors:
- Audible Underwear
- Botchamania (Maffew)
- Brows Held High (moved to Channel Awesome)
- The Cheap-Arse Film Critic (moved to Agony Booth)
- Clan of the Gray Wolf (also found on Channel Awesome)
- Cin Wicked
- CoinOperatedBear
- Count Jackula (moved to Channel Awesome, Agony Booth)
- DaxStrife
- Delonge Wannabe
- Demoversi
- Derek the Bard
- Detroit Mechworks (moved to Reviewers Unknown)
- Diamanda Hagan (moved to Channel Awesome)
- DocPepper
- EnigmaXtreme
- Frothy Pint of Metal
- Gaijin Goombah (Stopped posting videos to the site without explanation)
- Game Theory (also found on The Punk Effect and ScrewAttack) (Stopped posting videos to the site without explanation)
- HybridRain
- Il Neige (moved to Agony Booth)
- Joshua the Anarchist (moved to Reviewers Unknown and Agony Booth)
- KitchenLogic
- Matt Burkett (aka formerly Apollo Z. Hack)
- Marc Mues
- RBG Productions
- RetroGamer3
- Righteous Brian
- Shea
- Short Fat Otaku
- SomecallmeJohnny
- Some Jerk with a Camera (moved to Channel Awesome)
- Stan
- STARsSilverScreen
- The Film Renegado (also found on Space Monkey Mafia Studios)
- The Horror Guru (moved to Agony Booth)
- The Navigator
- The Obscure
- The Omega (moved to Channel Awesome)
- The Rap Critic (moved to Channel Awesome)
- The Trenchcoat Anti-Critic
- TJ Omega
There are also a few podcasts:
- The Anime Mavericks with the Shades, Yamiangie, and MikShel
- Wrestle Cast with Matty Jay and TWK
- Ranger Recap with EZ Rider, The Shades, and Matty Jay
The site also has several weekly Twitch and Youtube events to interact with the community:
- The Shades Plays w/ The Shades: Join The Shades as he plays video games and interacts with the chat.
- Riffdown w/ TWK: TWK, Shin Tiger Curl, Pugsly,and Carjunkie doing a full MST3K on SmackDown.
- Toku Riffs LIVE w/ EZ Rider, Matty Jay, Spade Ace, and The Shades
- The Wrestle-Cast LIVE: Join Matty Jay and TWK for a live edition of The Wrestle-Cast as they talk about the latest wrestling news of the week from WWE, Impact Wrestling (Formerly known as TNA), Lucha Underground, Ring of Honor, and New Japan Pro Wrestling every Friday night at 10 pm EST.
- Ranger Recap LIVE with EZ Rider, The Shades, and Matty Jay. Join EZ Rider, Matty Jay, and The Shades as they riff the newest episodes of the latest incarnation in the Power Rangers franchise and even riff classic episodes, and then read you're emails and comments LIVE! **Sometimes Power Rangers Trivial Pursuit games with members of the RVT community will be played and sometimes Cards Against Humanity.
- Anime Mavericks Podcast: Join The Shades, Mikshel, and Yamiangie for all the anime news, reviews, and interviews that you crave.
Tropes appearing on the site:
- Crossover: The reviewers fairly often collaborate.
- Video Review Show
