In the biblical tale of the Tower of Babel, the unified race that emerged from Noah's Arc decided to build a tower that would reach the heavens. God, angered by the people's decision to reach his level, forced all the workers to adapt different languages, making it impossible for them to work together. Instead of the language thing, though, imagine a vengeful god that destroyed the workers with the elements of nature. You are now imagining the new BulkyPix runner, Babel Running.
The biblical story of the Tower of Babel is a pretty mean-spirited one. The survivors of the great flood all got together to help each other, started speaking the same language and set out to build a huge tower for everyone to live in and stay together. This didn't please the almighty too much for some reason, and the people were scattered all over the place, breaking the peace and general good vibes the people had going. Or at least that's my loose interpretation based on about 3 minutes of research.