I bought a new computer this weekend and after downloading Impulse and then Elemental was all set to start a new game on the beta.  Unfortunately, after presenting the small window giving me an option to update the game, look at the manual, or play the game, when I select to play the game, I never get farther than the splash screen.  Looking at task manager, Elemental has stopped responding and in fact I need to end it in order to get back any control on my PC.  I looked for a debug file in the c:\program data\stardock\elemental... directory and did not see any error files or zip files for that matter so I suspect the lock up came before the game actually started running.  Any suggestions?