http://ew.com/article/2013/09/10/nsync-plays-hacky-sack-vma/

I genuinely thought the hacky sack minigame was just some stupid thing that the game "devs" hamfisted into the game because it was a bare bones basic "game" that someone had thrown together.

Yep, they did indeed warm up with some hacky-sack before their shows. Although the game may be a steaming pile of hot garbage (at least according to some), they actually did put some care into it, and paid attention to detail. Pretty cool factoid, in my opinion!

Also, congrats on having completed a run of this game back in 2015! I had a blast watching it. You were truly ahead of your time :^)