In addition to their role within the Half-Life series, Vortigaunts have been adapted for machinima productions and have been made into a plush toy by Valve. The fictional creatures have received a range of critical responses from their various appearances. In Episode Two, the Vortigaunts' voicing was done by Tony Todd. provides the voice for the Vortigaunts in Half-Life 2, and was partially chosen due to his role as the alien in the film Enemy Mine. This ability is used for various activities, such as a means of attack, powering electrical equipment, and healing. Vortigaunts also display the ability to summon and command electrical energy without the need for technology. Vortigaunts are shown as a very communal and cultural race, believing in a force that binds the fabric of the universe and each Vortigaunt together, as well as producing a tradition of poetry and music. They are unlockable via getting an A rank on all chapters. Vortigaunts were used as playable characters in the Half-Life series expansion Half-Life: Decay in the bonus chapter "Xen Attacks". In Half-Life 2, the Vortigaunts have broken free of their slavery following Gordon Freeman's killing of the Nihilanth at the end of Half-Life, and actively assist the player and other humans in resisting the Combine occupation of Earth. The Vortigaunts are depicted in Half-Life as being an enslaved race in an alternative dimension called Xen, subservient to a large creature called the Nihilanth, which itself is a slave to undisclosed masters. In Half-Life and its three expansions, Vortigaunts are frequently encountered by the player as hostile non-player characters in Half-Life and later as allies in Half-Life 2. Vortigaunts are a fictional extra-dimensional species in the Half-Life series of video games by Valve.
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