Indeed; I assumed that the goal was to reference the game jam. But I ended up thinking that the title was a failure not because of grammar but because it makes

Indeed; I assumed that the goal was to reference the game jam. But I ended up thinking that the title was a failure not because of grammar but because it makes my mind autocomplete the phrase in a way that the article does not intend. I see "Ludus mortuus est" and I immediately want to respond "Vivat ludus!"