So, the obvious stuff out of the way:
It's not my drivers.
It's not my anti-virus.
I revalidated the files
I looked at this troubleshooting post. I couldn't find anything that pertained to my specific issue.
I got the game to start up normally. However I needed to change the display setting because it defaulted to 1280x1024 when I needed 16x9. Almost a third of the screen was off the monitor. So, I made the change, and the first issue arose when I couldn't exit the menu. I chose apply settings, but nothing I pushed would take me out of the menu so I could log in. So I alt-tabbed out and manually closed the game. Now when I start the program, it immediately crashes to desktop 10 seconds after the game starts up. Is there a command line I can use with Tequila to force the game to start in a different resolution? Or in windowed mode, if that would even help? Or am I going to have to delete, reinstall, cross my fingers and hope I can choose a different display resolution?
Update: I deleted the program and reinstalled. Game launches normally. I'm opting not to remove this incase someone else runs into the same issue.