As I was in the character editor, I loaded a previous design I made to tweak it a little. I decided that I didn't like the changes and tried to load the previous design.
Above my first design was a new design that was blank but had the same name. I tried to click on the one below this and the computer went blank. After rebooting my computer, I was on the desktop for about half a minute and the screen went black as it did before when it crashed.
I repeatedly tried to do different things in the thirty second window during this reboot - it certainly wasn't enough time to uninstall.
In desperation, I opened the game to see what would it happen. It was strange. The computer wouldn't black out as long as the game on. The odd glitch is that all of the character's heads were missing- they were just floating hair, ears, and a neck.
There was nothing I could do in-game to stop the crashes - I tried toying with all the options. I eventually had to wipe my computer blank and reinstall all my programs - a very annoying procedure.
I hope this message helps someone in fixing the bug. The game was very cool, but there is no way I'm playing it again until a patch comes out.