Kestrelio: Thank you. I've installed the latest .net to no avail. I'm not really sure where to change the resolution, but since I'm guessing that wouldn't affect the game's inability to load audio resources I'm thinking something else is afoot.
Are there any other external frameworks Hotline Miami has suddenly relied upon and wouldn't install? The last version worked great.
As far as I can tell, the game relies on you changing the display resolution of your desktop/monitor itself as there are no resolution settings within the game itself, at least none that I could see. Basically, you'll have to go to your card's control panel software (if you have an ATI or Nvidia card) and change your system resolution there.