What I expected to happen was the game to launch

What actually happened was the game did not launch

1. Open Minecraft
2. Choose to run any version of minecraft higher than 1.5.2
3. Click Play
4. Launcher goes away, then reappears with this error message in the console:

[04:16:02 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[04:16:02 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.3.6 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[04:16:02 INFO]: Current time is Dec 6, 2013 4:16:02 AM
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_45'
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[04:16:02 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[04:16:02 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[04:16:03 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[04:16:03 INFO]: Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'NickGoHollywood'
[04:16:03 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[04:16:03 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[04:16:05 INFO]: Getting syncinfo for selected version
[04:16:05 INFO]: Queueing library & version downloads
[04:16:06 INFO]: Download job 'Version & Libraries' started (16 threads, 24 files)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.3\authlib-1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:06 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Download job 'Resources' skipped as there are no files to download
[04:16:07 INFO]: Job 'Resources' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.000)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Attempting to download C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries'... (try 0)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.3\authlib-1.3.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl-platform\2.9.0\lwjgl-platform-2.9.0-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput-platform\2.0.5\jinput-platform-2.0.5-natives-windows.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Local file matches local checksum, using that
[04:16:07 INFO]: Finished downloading C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2.jar for job 'Version & Libraries': Used own copy as it matched etag
[04:16:07 INFO]: Job 'Version & Libraries' finished successfully (took 0:00:00.871)
[04:16:07 INFO]: Launching game
[04:16:07 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[04:16:07 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2-natives-21053848473968
[04:16:07 INFO]: Reconstructing virtual assets folder at C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\assets\virtual\legacy
[04:16:07 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[04:16:07 INFO]: Half command: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2-natives-21053848473968 -cp C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.3.1\vecmath-1.3.1.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.10.Final\netty-all-4.0.10.Final.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\15.0\guava-15.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.3\authlib-1.3.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[04:16:27 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code -1073740777)
[04:16:27 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2-natives-21053848473968
[04:16:27 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[04:16:27 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Nick\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.2\1.7.2-natives-21053848473968 - scheduling for deletion upon exit