Jordan Erica Webber is a broadcaster, critic, and writer who specialises in the cultural significance of video games.

She presents documentaries and other arts programmes for BBC Radio 4, and has contributed to programmes across BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 5 Live, World Service, BBC News, and BBC Three.

Elsewhere on television, she is best known for five years as the resident games expert on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show but has also presented and contributed to other programmes like Channel 4’s Best Year Ever.

Her first book Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us, co-authored with Dan Griliopoulos, is a playful introduction to philosophy through video games. You can also find her writing in the Guardian, the Observer, Vice, and others.

Jordan has presented digital culture podcasts like the Guardian’s Chips with Everything and Wild Wild Tech, and interview shows like Talking Simulator.

Jordan specialises in video game coverage for the general public, and particularly likes to champion less well-known games and underrepresented perspectives.

Through her work with the BBC, the Guardian, and The Gadget Show among others, she demonstrates a knack for making coverage of video games and other culture engaging and accessible to any audience.

Renowned for her skills as an interviewer and host, Jordan has a natural ability to take conversations in novel directions while putting interviewees and audiences at ease.

2019 Games Awards Journalist of the Year finalist
2018 GamesIndustry.biz 100
2017 European Women in Games Hall of Fame finalist
2014 Games Media Awards Gamers’ Choice finalist

Interviews and profiles

2020/12 - Atelier
2020/11 - Wild Woman Gamer
2020/10 - Wired
2020/09 - Uses This
2019/07 Tech Bridge Sweden UK
2018/09 - The V&A (on gender)
2018/09 - The V&A (on violence)
2017/08 - Imirt Inspire