I am starting a new character but when I get to the part where you have to answer the questions, I cannot sit down on the couch to initiate the sequence. It just makes the 'clicky' error sound indicating that I cannot sit. Also, it seems like the character is overencumbered and cannot run, which may or may not be related to the issue. Anyone else have this problem or know a solution?

This is a double edged sword my friend, on the one hand it svcks you can't even start to play, on the other hand at least you only wasted 5 minutes before your game imploded on itself, because it was very, very likely to happen at some point....