"....and in times long past the Great Protocol was brought before the people and revealed the gaps between them, bringing differences, debates, insults, schism, war and finally... oblivion.
Since then have the Obsians(sic) roamed the wastelands of the world, ever fleeing from the revenge of the people..."
Alternatively, there may have been too much true stuff in that game, so the US government swiped the master disk, replaced it with an early beta build then forced US reviewers to slander the game..