Thanks! :) I see... let me know if it crashes when you continue playing. If it does, and the game is completely unplayable, there's the "nuclear" option — not only deleting the saves in the game's folder, but the persistent data as well. You can find it here:
Windows
%APPDATA%/RenPy/Methods
Mac OS X
~/Library/RenPy/Methods
Linux/Other
~/.renpy/Methods
Though that will wipe out all progress in terms of bios, interviews, & gallery images, with the "unlock chapters" feature in the Options menu you can gain access to every chapter, and proceed from where you left off without having to replay fifty chapters. It seems like it may be caused by incompatible autosaves — but I'm not sure, so even doing this might not solve the issue... :(
Thanks for letting me know — it's no trouble at all. I hope the rest of your experience goes smoothly. :)