I just installed the game last night, and I have a recurring problem. Here's what happens:

I go through all the splash screens and game set-up.
I get to the beginning storyline screen, where he's in the plane, it crashes, and he surfaces.
I swim to the little island, climb the steps, and go into the building.
I go down a couple flights of stairs, and enter a ...pod.

When I enter the "pod" it's as if someone turns off the master power switch, on my computer. It shuts all the way down.

My system specs:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ @ 2.21 Gig.
RAM: 2 Gig.
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 8800 Ultra - 756 meg VRAM.
Sound Card: On board, but meets the games requirements.
Operating System: Windows XP Pro, SP3.

I run ZoneAlarm Extreme Security - could it be a firewall issue?