Jordan Erica Webber is a broadcaster, critic, and writer who specialises in the cultural significance of video games.
For BBC Radio 4, Jordan writes and presents documentaries like Playing with the Dead, and presents arts and culture programmes. She has also appeared as a contributor on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 5 Live, World Service, BBC News, and BBC Three.
On television, Jordan is best known for her five years presenting on Channel 5’s The Gadget Show but is also a contributor on Channel 4’s Best Year Ever.
Jordan’s first book Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us, co-authored with fellow philosophy graduate Dan Griliopoulos, is a playful introduction to philosophical thought experiments through the lens of video games. She also contributed to The V&A Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt official exhibition book and The Gadget Show: The Big Book of Cool Stuff.
You can also find Jordan’s writing in the Guardian, the Observer, Vice, and others.
For the Guardian, Jordan also hosted their digital culture podcast Chips with Everything, presented a series of live streams playing games with celebrity guests, and occasionally records voice over for The Audio Long Read.
Jordan lives in Leamington and, contrary to popular perceptions of video game players, has a wide range of other interests, from baking to k-culture to sewing her own clothes.