How to skip the opening logos in Bioshock: Infinite

For most of the videos, you can just press 'Enter' to skip them. The downside is that you will have to press it several times.

You can also replace some of the videos with blank files. There is some detailed info on this in a post on the Codemasters forum.

To summarize, the video files are located in the <DiRT 2 installation folder>\video directory. If you bought the game through Steam, it will be something like D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\dirt 2\video, where D:\Steam is the Steam installation.

The replaceable files are AMD_sting.bik, ego_sting.bik, and sting.bik/sting_us.bik. The first two you can just rename or replace with 0-length files. The last two reportedly cause the game to sometimes freeze if treated the same way, so they can be replaced with a short (1-second or so) video instead.

It appears that the game freezes were related to a corrupt auto-save file. As mentioned in my question updates, I had to revert to an earlier chapter which took me back to the beginning of the level, Downtown Emporia. I replayed through Comstock Gate, where the corrupt auto-save had occurred, and this time things were fine. I was able to play through the Memorial Gardens without incident, and appear to be on my way.

TIP: One thing I learned through this experience (having to replay things several times and dying multiple times along the way), is to keep my cash level at a minimum before large battles or boss fights. You scrounge every dollar you can, and don't want to waste it on resurrections. In Normal mode, anyway, you resurrect even when you have no cash. Spend it on weapon upgrades before the battles, and go into the fight with empty pockets!