After a couple pots of coffee, a few grey hairs and not nearly enough sleep, I recovered everything from what I'm calling "The Great System Crash".
After more testing, my game files became corrupt again! I actually had to roll-back to an earlier version of the game, that used an earlier version of the engine. From there I had to re-apply every patch-fix from the last week (luckily the fixes went faster the second time around). I know my razzle-dazzle makes it sound awesome, but it was kind of a drag. I'll be doing a few passes to make sure everything is working alright, and then you guys can expect a patch later today!
Happy Hacking!
-Southwind